Orange Glazed Poppy Seed Bread

🧂 Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2½ cups granulated sugar
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder
• 1½ tablespoons poppy seeds
• 3 tablespoons loosely packed, finely-zested orange zest

  (use a microplane zester)
• 1½ cups whole milk
• 1 cup + 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs,

  slightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons pure almond extract
• ¾ cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup freshly squeezed orange juice
• ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon pure almond extract
• 2 teaspoons unsalted butter,

  melted and slightly cooled

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two light-colored metal 8½″ x 4½″ loaf pans with
  parchment paper slings; set aside.
• 2 In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and
  poppy seeds. Stir on low, just until combined. Sprinkle orange zest over the top
  and stir on low, just until evenly incorporated.
• 3 In a separate medium bowl, combine the rest of the read ingredients – the milk,
  oil, eggs, vanilla extract, and almond extract.
• 4 With mixer on low speed, slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry. Beat until
  incorporated, then raise the mixer speed to medium and beat for 30 seconds more.
• 5 Divide batter evenly between the two prepared loaf pans and bake for 65-70
  minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Transfer loaf pans to a cooling
  rack. The bread should crack open lengthwise across the top near the end of
  baking; this is a good thing – it allows the glaze to soak into the bread more.
• 6 While bread is baking, add all glaze ingredients to a small bowl and whisk until
  incorporated.
• 7 After removing loaf pans from the oven, immediately give the glaze a stir to
  incorporate, then brush it over the warm bread tops. It will seem like a lot of
  glaze, but it will soak in and make the bread ultra moist and flavorful, with a
  bit of a sugary crust once it cools. Cool the loaves about 20 minutes, then use
  the parchment slings to pull the bread up and out of the pans. Let bread cool
  completely before slicing.

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