Orange-Cumin Bread

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook: A Master Baker's 300 Favorite Recipes for Perfect-Every-Time Bread-From Every Kind of Machine

By Beth Hensperger

Published 2000

  • About

Cumin is a familiar spice in Mediterranean baking. The strongly aromatic seeds are harvested from an umbellifer similar to caraway, which has been cultivated since ancient times. Cumin seeds act as an unexpected and harmonious foil to the fruity tang of oranges in this bread. Prepare a grilled longhorn cheddar and tomato sandwich using slices of this bread, and wash it down with a tall glass of iced tea made from hibiscus blossoms—such as Red Zinger tea—garnished with wedges of lime. This l