Orange Cream Cheese Bread Recipe

The Crew and I just loved the moist, creaminess of this bread. If you love nuts as much as I do, feel free to load ’em on! So good. 

Ingredients

  • 1-8 ozpackage cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cshortening
  • 1 2/3 cgranulated sugar
  • 2eggs
  • 2 1/4 call-purpose flour
  • 1 tspsalt
  • 1 Tbspbaking powder
  • 1 cmilk
  • 1/2 cchopped walnuts
  • 2 Tbspgrated orange peel
  • 1/4 corange juice

STEPS

  1. Combine cream cheese and shortening, creaming well.
  2. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
  3. Add eggs, beating well after each addition.
  4. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix well after each addition.
  5. Stir in walnuts and orange peel.
  6. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8-1/2 x 4-1/2 x 3 inch loaf pans.
  7. Bake at 375 degrees F for 55 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
  8. Let cool in pan for 10 mintues. Then sprinkle orange juice over loaves. Remove to wire rack to finish cooling

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