Discovering a Classic Orange Nut Bread
The cookbook section is a simple yet charming page dedicated to bread and muffin recipes:
This webpage features a vintage-style recipe for Orange Nut Bread, billed as “this month’s recipe” and an “easy muffin recipe” sample.
The recipe evokes a sense of old-school home baking, relying on basic ingredients and straightforward techniques that hark back to
mid-20th-century kitchens.
It starts with a medium-sized orange, whose juice and peel form the flavorful base, combined with raisins or dates for natural
sweetness.
Preheat your oven to 350°F. Squeeze the juice from the orange into an 8-ounce measuring cup and top it off with boiling water.
Remove the white membrane from the peel, then grind the peel and raisins through a food chopper using a coarse blade.
Mix in the diluted juice, shortening, vanilla, and egg. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, soda, and sugar, then incorporate
into the wet mixture. Fold in the nuts, pour into a waxed paper-lined 5x9-inch pan, and bake for about an hour.
This recipe’s appeal lies in its simplicity—no fancy gadgets required beyond a food chopper, which adds to its nostalgic charm.
It’s perfect for a cozy afternoon treat or as a thoughtful homemade gift.
For more ideas, the page teases additional “Bread Muffin Recipes” via a link, inviting further exploration of local culinary treasures.
Try this Sample Recipe. Click on the "Bread Muffin Recipes" link for more recipes.
Orange Nut Bread Ingredients required
1 medium sized orange
1 cup raisin or dates
2 tablespoons melted shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg, well beaten
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Preheat oven 350 degrees
Instructions for Orange Nut Bread Recipe
Pour juice from Orange in standard 8 oz measuring cup; Add boiling water to fill cup. Remove most of white membrane from orange peel. Put peel through food chopper with raisins, using course blade, add diluted orange juice. Stir in shortening, vanilla and egg. Add flour sifted with salt, baking powder, soda and sugar. Mix well, stir in nuts. Bake in waxed paper lined pan 5 by 9 inches at 350° for about 1 hour.
