Danish orange loaves are a delectable treat, beloved for their soft, pillowy texture, vibrant citrus flavor, and sweet, sticky glaze. With their golden-brown crust and the tantalizing aroma of oranges filling the air, these loaves are a delightful addition to any breakfast, brunch, or tea time gathering. Whether you're a seasoned baker or a novice in the kitchen, embarking on a culinary adventure to create the perfect Danish orange loaf can be a rewarding experience. With the right ingredients, a touch of patience, and a sprinkle of love, you'll be able to craft a loaf that will impress your taste buds and leave your loved ones craving more.
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ORANGE LOAF
This quick-bread recipe uses orange zest and fresh orange juice for extra-bright citrus flavors everyone will love.
Provided by Carol
Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Fruit Bread Recipes
Time 1h25m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and nuts.
- In a large bowl, beat together butter or margarine and 1 cup sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in rind and 1/2 cup juice. Pour in flour mixture, and stir until moistened. Turn into a greased 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until done. Remove loaf from oven, but not from pan.
- Combine 1/2 cup orange juice with 1/4 cup sugar in a small saucepan. Heat and stir to dissolve sugar. Spoon glaze over hot loaf. Let stand in pan for 10 minutes before removing loaf to rack to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 277.3 calories, Carbohydrate 40 g, Cholesterol 31 mg, Fat 11.7 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 4.2 g, SaturatedFat 1.9 g, Sodium 278.2 mg, Sugar 22.9 g
DANISH CHRISTMAS CAKE WITH ORANGE COCONUT TOPPING
If you're not a fan of fruitcake, you will be after trying this cake! By letting it stand overnight before serving, the fabulous flavors are really enhanced.-Gail Sellers, Maiden, North Carolina
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h25m
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition., Combine the buttermilk, vanilla, orange juice and zest. Combine flour and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beating well after each addition. Fold in the dates, cherries and pecans. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 350° for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack., For topping, in a large saucepan, combine the sugar, orange juice and zest; cook and stir until sugar is dissolved. Stir in coconut; cook 1 minute longer. Slowly pour over warm cake. Let stand overnight.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 746 calories, Fat 30g fat (16g saturated fat), Cholesterol 94mg cholesterol, Sodium 359mg sodium, Carbohydrate 118g carbohydrate (85g sugars, Fiber 5g fiber), Protein 8g protein.
DANISH PASTRY
Rich buttery flaky dough that turns pastries into a sinful delight. Worth the effort and extra work involved.
Provided by Cindy
Categories Bread Yeast Bread Recipes
Time 3h8m
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and 2/3 cup of flour. Divide into 2 equal parts, and roll each half between 2 pieces of waxed paper into a 6 x12 inch sheet. Refrigerate.
- In a large bowl, mix together the dry yeast and 3 cups of the remaining flour. In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the milk, sugar and salt. Heat to 115 degrees F (43 degrees C), or just warm, but not hot to the touch. Mix the warm milk mixture into the flour and yeast along with the eggs, and lemon and almond extracts. Stir for 3 minutes. Knead in the remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time until the dough is firm and pliable. Set aside to rest until double in size.
- Cut the dough in half, and roll each half out to a 14 inch square. Place one sheet of the cold butter onto each piece of dough, and fold the dough over it like the cover of a book. Seal edges by pressing with fingers. Roll each piece out to a 20x 12 inch rectangle, then fold into thirds by folding the long sides in over the center. Repeat rolling into a large rectangle, and folding into thirds. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Remove from the refrigerator one at a time, and roll and fold each piece two more times. Return to the refrigerator to chill again before shaping. If the butter gets too warm, the dough will become difficult to manage.
- To make danishes, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thickness. The dough can be cut into squares, with a filling placed in the center. Fold 2 of the corners over the center to form a filled diamond shape. Or, fold the piece in half, cut into 1 inch strips, stretch, twist and roll into a spiral. Place a dollop of preserves or other filling in the center. Place danishes on an ungreased baking sheet, and let rise until doubled. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (220 degrees C). Danishes can be brushed with egg white for a shiny finish.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the bottoms are golden brown.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 226 calories, Carbohydrate 26.8 g, Cholesterol 36.2 mg, Fat 11.2 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 4.3 g, SaturatedFat 6.8 g, Sodium 142.4 mg, Sugar 3.7 g
ORANGE DANISH
This is my version of Orange Danish. These are as easy to make as Cinnamon Rolls. They may sound more difficult, but really are not. I always use store bought vanilla frosting mixed WITH HOMEMADE for these because it makes the texture better (creamier) IMHO. The yield is approximate and depends on how thin you roll and how thick you cut. Sorry I don't have a more accurate yield.
Provided by SwoR8193
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 2h
Yield 2 pans
Number Of Ingredients 24
Steps:
- Mix yeast and warm water together to proof yeast.
- Cream shortening and margarine with sugar.
- Add yeast and water mixture.
- Add three cups flour and mix.
- Continue adding flour until soft dough forms.
- Turn out on a lightly floured surface and knead until dough becomes smooth and elastic.
- Place in an oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let rise until double (about an hour).
- Punch down.
- Roll out into a rectangle on a lightly floured surface.
- Mix all of the filling ingredients cutting the butter or margarine in until it is well blended.
- Spread evenly over the dough and roll, jelly roll style from the long side.
- Cut into 1 inch slices, place on lightly greased baking pan.
- Let rise 20-30 minutes.
- Bake at 350° for approximately 30 minutes.
- Mix frosting until smooth.
- Pour over rolls while they are still slightly warm.
- Note: I usually mix the frosting and then add a store bought tub of vanilla frosting.
- It gives a better texture to the frosting.
- If you choose to do this, I recommend having the"homemade" part slightly thicker than the desired end product.
- If you are adding the store bought frosting, the margarine/butter is not necessary.
DANISH JULEKAGE
Cardamom and lots of fruit enliven this unique holiday bread. The recipe was handed down from my grandmother, who came to the United States from Denmark when she was 16 years old.
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 1h20m
Yield 2 loaves.
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- In a bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add milk, sugar, butter, shortening, salt, cardamom, eggs and 4 cups flour; beat until smooth. Stir in raisins, candied fruit and enough remaining flour to form a soft dough., Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1-1/4 hours., Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Roll each portion into a 12x9-in. rectangle. Brush with butter and sprinkle with sugar to within 1/2-in. of edges. Roll up, jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seams to seal and tuck ends under. Place, seam side down, in two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes., Preheat oven to 350°. For topping, combine sugar, flour and cardamom; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over loaves. Bake 50-60 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to cool on wire racks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 253 calories, Fat 6g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 33mg cholesterol, Sodium 213mg sodium, Carbohydrate 46g carbohydrate (18g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 5g protein.
ORANGE PECAN CREAM CHEESE PULL-APART DANISH LOAF
This is one of my most treasured recipes. Flaky refrig biscuits are filled with cream cheese, dredged in butter, rolled sugar, pecans, orange zest. Baked in a bundt pan, the loaf is inverted and drizzled with a glaze. Pull off a danish and slip into bliss.
Provided by nott2339
Categories Breakfast
Time 1h15m
Yield 1 10 inch coffee cake, 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Combine sugar, pecans, orange zest.
- Separate each biscuit, (there shoud be 20 biscuts - so you will have 40 layers).
- Cut cream cheese into 20 pieces.
- Place one piece of cream cheese on each of 20 biscuit halves.
- Top with remaining biscuits halves and pinch the edges to seal them.
- Dip filled biscuits in melted butter.
- Dredge in the sugar mixture. I do have to make extra mixture sometimes.
- Stand each biscuit on it's edge in a lightly greased 12-cup bundt pan, spacing evenly, but together.
- Drizzle with remaining butter and sugar mixture.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Immediately invert onto a wire rack.
- Combine powdered sugar and orange juice, and drizzle over the danish.
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 420.7, Fat 19.6, SaturatedFat 8.9, Cholesterol 33.8, Sodium 511.9, Carbohydrate 58.2, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 27.2, Protein 5.1
Tips
- For a sweeter loaf, add an extra 1/2 cup of sugar to the batter.
- To make a glaze for the loaves, whisk together 1 cup of powdered sugar with 2-3 tablespoons of orange juice until smooth.
- For a more intense orange flavor, use freshly squeezed orange juice and zest.
- If you don't have buttermilk, you can make your own by adding 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar to 1 cup of regular milk and letting it sit for 5 minutes.
- Be sure to grease and flour your loaf pans before pouring in the batter.
- Bake the loaves until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let the loaves cool completely before slicing and serving.
Conclusion
Danish orange loaves are a delicious and easy-to-make treat that are perfect for any occasion. With their moist, flavorful crumb and sweet orange glaze, these loaves are sure to be a hit with everyone who tries them. So next time you're looking for a special bread to serve, be sure to give Danish orange loaves a try. You won't be disappointed!
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