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Sweet Bread with Orange Zest
- Makes
1
loaf - Difficulty
Medium
By Lisa Nieschlag and Lars Wentrup
Published 2017
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 2 t
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
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Lovely and light, not too sweet. I used dried cranberries instead of raisins as cranberries work so well with orange. Great just plain with butter. The Bloke reckons he'll make French toast with it in the morning. Will post an update.
Update: Made very good French toast. Didn't fall apart; flavour doesn't interfere with the berries and cream we served it with.