Sweet Bread with Orange Zest

Name: Sweet Bread with Orange Zest
Yield: Makes 1 loaf
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) flour; ½ tsp salt; ¼ tsp cinnamon; 2 tsp dried yeast; 50 g (1¾ oz) sugar; 275 ml (9½ fl oz) lukewarm milk; Zest of ½ orange (organic); 50 g (1¾ oz) butter, softened; About 50 g (1¾ oz) raisins; Butter and flour for the loaf pan; Milk for brushing; Flour for dusting the work surface

Preparation info

Makes
1
loaf

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

New York Christmas

By Lisa Nieschlag and Lars Wentrup

Published 2017

About

In our home, this light bread just seems to vanish off the table in no time, but in case you do have stale leftovers, it also makes the perfect base for bread and butter puddings. Alternatively fry slices of dry bread in a pan with a little butter to allow the sugar in the bread to caramelise. We love it!

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb 2 oz) flour
2 t

Americas
United States
Breakfast
New York
Vegetarian
Brunch

Method

Combine the flour, yeast, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl. Add the milk, butter and orange zest and knead everything for at least 8 minutes to make a smooth, pliable dough. Add the raisins, if using, and carefully fold them in. Cover the bowl with cling wrap and leave the dough to rise for about 2 hours.

Butter a loaf tin and dust with flour. Dust your benchtop with flour. Remove the do