Breads

Orange Mango Nut Bread with Ginger Honey Butter

Name: Orange Mango Nut Bread with Ginger Honey Butter
Yield: 1 large loaf

Absolutely delicious! Experience a medley of naturally sweet flavors beginning with the clean, refreshing appeal of citrus followed by tropical bursts of mango. The chopped pecans add texture and a delicate crunch, yet it's the layer of ginger honey butter that makes this bread habit forming.

Prep

Cook

Servings

1 large loaf

Level

Easy

Ingredients

Bread

½ cup (1 stick) Challenge Unsalted Butter, softened
¾ cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons fresh orange zest*
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup plain yogurt (6 ounces)
⅓ cup orange juice
½ cup chopped pecans
½ cup chopped sweetened dried mangos

Ginger Honey Butter

½ cup (1 stick) Challenge Unsalted Butter, softened
1 teaspoon orange zest
¼ teaspoon salt (optional)
3 Tablespoons honey
1 Tablespoon finely chopped fresh ginger root

Directions

Bread

1

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Butter a 9×5-inch loaf pan (or line pan with parchment.)
2

Cream butter, sugar and orange zest until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
3

Add dry blend to butter mixture alternating with yogurt and orange juice; mix until well blended. Stir in nuts and mango pieces.
4

Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes; remove from pans. Cool completely. Slice and serve with Ginger Orange Butter.

Ginger Honey Butter

5

Cream butter with orange zest and salt until light and fluffy. Blend in honey, and ginger root. Refrigerate.

Notes

!

Zest one fresh orange reserving 1 teaspoon zest for preparation of Ginger Honey Butter. Then juice the orange to obtain ½ cup of orange juice for use in the bread recipe.