Tropical Orange Bread

By Mybigbuns

This is my recipe using the fresh fruit from my orchard. Especially good w/ my pineapple-oranges. People love this seasonal bread that I bake for as long as my oranges last!

Ingredients

• Glaze:
• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• Orange zest from 1 orange
• 1/2 cup orange juice (fresh of course!)
• 2 cups AP flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup tropical fruit
• 1/2 cups nut pieces
• Juice of 1 orange
• 1/4 cup sugar

Details

Servings 10
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 68mins

Preparation

Step 1

Mix together dry ingredients (except sugar) in med bowl, set aside.
Beat sugar & butter. Add eggs 1 at a time beating after each addition. Add orange juice & zest beating again. Add dry ingredients beat until just mixed (do not over mix).
Add fruit & nuts fold in w/ wooden spoon.
Grease & flour pans add batter & bake at 325 degrees for 28-38 min. ( inside ovens bake faster than outside)