Recipe: Almond Poppy Seed Bread with Orange Glaze (using almond extract)

ALMOND POPPY SEED BREAD

3 cups flour
2 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons Argo Baking Powder
4 1/2 teaspoons Spice Islands Poppy Seed
1 1/2 cups milk (do not use skim milk)
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
1 1/2 teaspoons Spice Islands 100% Pure Bourbon Vanilla Extract
1 1/3 cups Mazola Corn Oil
Orange Glaze (recipe follows)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9x5-inch loaf pans (or four 7 1/2 x 3 3/4-inch loaf pans).

Combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and poppy seeds in a large mixing bowl; set aside.

In a separate bowl, combine milk, eggs, almond extract, vanilla extract and oil. Add oil mixture to dry ingredients. Blend at medium-high speed for 1 minute. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans.

Bake for 50 to 60 minutes until loaves are light brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Pour Orange Glaze over hot loaves of bread, in pans. Cool completely in pans. Remove from pans; cover loaves and let sit overnight before serving.

ORANGE GLAZE

3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
1 teaspoon Spice Islands 100% Pure Bourbon Vanilla Extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 tablespoons butter OR margarine

Heat sugar, orange juice, vanilla extract, almond extract and butter to boiling in a small saucepan over medium-high heat.

Makes 2 (9x5-inch) or 4 (7 1/2 x 3 2/4-inch) loaves
Source: Argo Baking Powder