Once again, I made this for my husband’s office bake sale. This was the most complicated bread recipe, but it also produced the most bread.
It comes together much like a traditional yeast bread. It is a very soft dough, so you will more than likely need a touch more flour than what is called for.
The dough does rise nicely. It remains very light and fluffy throughout. This give the end result a very airy feel.
The dough takes on a lot of the orange flavor from the concentrated juice. And you get the orange throughout the entire loaf, which is quite nice.
You roll the dough much like when making cinnamon rolls. I think a touch of butter on the rectangle before spreading the cinnamon sugar would be a nice addition.
The bread bakes well and gets fairly brown. I would recommend some foil to over the top when you lower the temperature of the oven. This would prevent the bread from getting too browned.
You definitely need to wait the the loaves to cool completely before cutting them. The cinnamon sugar liquifies during the baking. If you cut the bread too soon it will all ooze out.
The end result is a beautiful swirled bread. And it tastes quite lovely.
ORANGE CINNAMON LOAF
1 Package Active Dry Yeast
1/4 Cup Warm Water
1 Cup Scalded Milk
1/2 Cup Butter
1/2 Cup Sugar
1 1/2 Teaspoons Salt
1/4 Cup Frozen Orange Juice Concentrate, Room Temperature
1 Egg
2 Egg Yolks
5 Cups Flour
1 Cup Sugar
1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
Dissolve yeast in water. Place milk, butter, sugar, and salt in a bowl. Cool. Add orange juice, egg, and egg yolks; mix thoroughly. Add yeast and half of the flour and beat until smooth. Add remaining flour gradually and knead until smooth and elastic. Place in a greased bowl, cover, and let rise until doubled. Divide dough in half. Roll each piece into a rectangle about 1/2 inch thick. Combine 1 cup sugar with cinnamon. Sprinkle half of the cinnamon sugar mixture onto each rectangle. Roll like a jelly roll. Place in greased loaf pans and let rise until doubled in bulk. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 15 minutes. Lower heat to 375 degrees and bake 30 minutes longer.
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