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peanut butter orange bread

Peanut Butter Orange Bread

Posted on January 9, 2024January 4, 2024 by Rachel Rappaport
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This recipe caught my eye because I can’t say I’ve ever really thought about the combination peanuts and oranges and when I googled the bread, nothing came up. Did Louise Arnold come up with this recipe herself? Who knows! I was also intrigued because the bread didn’t call or butter or oil, just peanut butter.

I felt like there were a couple tweaks that needed to be made to put the orange into “peanut orange bread”, zest alone is not enough so I replaced a quarter of the milk with fresh orange juice. A drop of orange extract might be good too but I ended up with a ton of zest from that orange and the batter was very fragrant with oranges so I didn’t bother. I added some vanilla for extra depth.

I liked it a lot! I don’t think it needs butter or anything spread on it, it is quite flavorful. It formed a fairly thick, crunchy crust which was a nice texture contrast to the soft bread but was a little crumbly. Make sure you use a serrated bread knife for this one! It is a fairly savory bread as quick breads go, there is not a lot of added sugar. Most of the sweetness came from the orange and the peanut butter.

peanut butter orange bread

Peanut Butter Orange Bread

updated and adapted from Louise Arnold’s Peanut Orange Bread recipe appearing in Cooking Favorites: Recipes From Employees and Friends of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site (undated)
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 45 minutes mins
Course bread, Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients
  

  • 2 ¼ cup flour
  • 3 teaspoon baking powder
  • pinch salt
  • ⅓ c. sugar
  • ½ cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 egg
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • ¾ cup milk
  • ¼ cup fresh orange juice I used a Cara Cara orange
  • zest of one orange I used a Cara Cara orange
  • ¼ cup coarsely chopped honey roasted peanuts

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350. Butter a standard 9 x 5 loaf pan. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl or bowl of a stand mixer, whisk together the dry ingredients.
  • Use a mixer to mix in the peanut butter, then beat in the egg, vanilla, milk, juice and zest until it forms a thick, sticky batter.
  • Fold in the peanuts and scrape into the prepared pan.
  • Bake for 40 minutes or until a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean or with just one or two dry crumbs.
  • Cool in pan on a wire rack then remove from the pan and cool completely on the rack.
Keyword bread, quick bread

adapted from Louise Arnold’s Peanut Orange Bread recipe appearing in Cooking Favorites: Recipes From Employees and Friends of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site (undated)

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