Orange Quick Bread

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Orange zest
• 2¼ cups All purpose flour
• 1½ teaspoons Baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon Salt
• 1¼ cups Granulated sugar
• ¾ cups Butter (soft)
• 3 large Eggs (room temperature)
• ¾ cups Milk (room temperature)
• 2 tablespoons Orange juice
• 2 tablespoons Granulated sugar

Instructions

• 1 Pre-heat oven to 350 F (180C). Grease and flour a 9 inch loaf pan.
• 2 In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Add
  the butter and mix to form coarse crumbs. Stir in the zest.
• 3 In a medium bowl whisk together the eggs and milk until well combined. Add the
  wet to the dry ingredients and stir just until flour is moistened (about 15-16
  stirs).
• 4 Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for approximately 60 minutes
  or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• 5 When ready, let the bread cool in the pan for about 15 minutes, then transfer to
  a cooling rack to cool completely.
• 6 In a small pot add the juice and sugar. Heat over medium heat stirring
  constantly. Bring to a boil until thickened.
• 7 Brush over warm bread or cooled bread.

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