Sunday, April 19, 2009

Orange You Glad I Didn't Say Banana?

Orange Bread

1 package active yeast or 1 cake compressed yeast
2 cups water
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup grated orange peel
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons melted shortening
7 1/2 cups sifted enriched flour
1 egg

Soften active dry yeast in 1/4 cup warm water (110°) or compressed yeast in 1/4 cup lukewarm water (85°).

To the remaining 1 3/4 cups of water, add orange juice, grated orange peel, sugar, salt and melted shortening. Add 2 cups of flour and mix well.

Add egg and softened yeast. Beat thoroughly. Add remaining 5 1/2 cups of flour to make a soft dough.

Turn out on lightly floured surface and knead until dough is smooth and elastic (5 to 8 minutes).

Place in lightly greased bowl, turning once to grease entire surface. Cover and let rise in a warm place until double in bulk (about 1 1/2 hours). Punch down. Let rest 10 minutes.

Divide dough into 2 equal portions. Shape into loaves. Place in 2 greased 9 1/2x 5 1/4x 2 1/2 inch pans. Let rise until double (about 1 hour 15 minutes).

Bake bread in moderate oven (375°) about 45 minutes.

Makes two loaves.

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