Orange Banana Bread
This Orange Banana Bread is a bright, uniquely flavored quick bread that combines over-ripe bananas and orange juice, topped with a sweet citrus glaze.
Equipment
- Glass Bread Pans
- rubber spatula
Ingredients
Bread
- 1.5 cups granulated sugar
- 0.25 cup butter melted
- 2 whole eggs
- 3 whole bananas very ripe - mashed (about 1 ¼ cups)
- 0.75 cup orange juice
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 1.5 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup walnuts chopped
Glaze
- 1 cup Confectioner's sugar powdered sugar
- 0.25 teaspoon orange zest
- 1 to 2 tablespoons orange juice
Instructions
Banana Bread
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- Melt butter and let it cool so that it's comfortably warm to the touch.
- Combine the sugar, melted butter, and eggs and mix well.
- Stir in bananas and orange juice.
- Combine the dry ingredients and add to banana mixture - mix gently just until moistened.
- Stir in walnuts.
- Pour into two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans.
- Bake at 325 for 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes in pan then remove from pans to a wire rack to cool completely.
Glaze
- Mix glaze ingredients together until spreadable and then spread on warm bread.
Notes
Store in an airtight container or covered with plastic wrap at room temperature. Wrap securely and freeze the cooled loaves for up to 3 months. Check doneness with a toothpick or an instant-read thermometer.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 287kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 4gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 208mgPotassium: 203mgFiber: 1gSugar: 30gVitamin A: 125IUVitamin C: 8mgCalcium: 30mgIron: 1.4mg
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