Orange Nut Bread & Cream Cheese Spread Recipe

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"This bright sweet bread was my mother's favorite, especially paired with coffee or tea." Karen Sue Garback-Pristera Albany, New York

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Orange Nut Bread & Cream Cheese Spread Recipe

Prep: 40 min. Bake: 35 min. + cooling

Yield: 18 Servings

40 35 75

Ingredients

1/3 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon orange extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup orange juice
1 cup chopped walnuts
SPREAD:
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon grated orange peel

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts.
Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with orange juice. Fold in walnuts.
Transfer to three greased 5-3/4-in. x 3-in. x 2-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, orange juice, confectioners' sugar and peel until well blended. Chill until serving. Serve with bread. Yield: 3 mini loaves (6 slices each) and 1 cup spread.

Nutritional Facts 1 slice with 2 teaspoons spread equals 213 calories, 12 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 46 mg cholesterol, 175 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 5 g protein.

Originally published as Orange Nut Bread & Cream Cheese Spread in Taste of Home February/March 2009, p44