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To wake up our taste buds this spring, our Twelve Loaves baking group chose the flavor orange for our breads this month.
I took the easy way out with a blueberry-orange-vanilla quick bread that hints of childhood Dreamsicles. It’s perfect for breakfast smeared with whipped cream cheese, or for lunch with some cheese, or with tea for an afternoon snack. I don’t judge what time of day you eat it. The orange flavor brightens it, the blueberries give a sweet, moist pop, and the whole thing is satisfying. And whereas most quick breads have a stick of butter in them, this has only 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
If you’re feeling even more ambitious in the kitchen, others in our talented group have choices for you including dinner rolls, pull-apart bread, crescent rolls, doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, a boule…we have you covered!
Choose something to make from our list here, and I leave you with the punch line from that modern classic, the most obnoxious elementary school joke of all time: Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?
Recipe: Blueberry Dreamsicle Orange Lower-Fat Quick Bread
Summary: Easy, lower-fat, blueberry-studded orange quick bread is perfumed with vanilla. Smear with cream cheese and breakfast is ready!
Ingredients
- 2 cups minus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- Scant 1 cup sugar (I used Vanilla Sugar)
- 2 tablespoons ground flax
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 oranges (juice and zest used separately)
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 (6-ounce) container fresh blueberries (about 1 cup)
Instructions
- Lightly mist the bottom and 1/2-inch up the sides of an 8- by 4- by 2-inch loaf pan; set aside. Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, flax, baking powder, salt, baking soda and zest from 1 orange. Make a well in center and set aside.
- Cut oranges in half and juice them. In a 2-cup measure, add ½ cup orange juice, water, olive oil, vanilla and egg and whisk to combine. Add to the dry ingredients, stirring just until barely moistened. Fold in blueberries. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool 10-15 minutes; remove loaf from pan and cool completely on rack. Wrap airtight and store overnight.
- Makes 1 loaf (16 slices). Very low fat; only 2 grams total fat per slice.
Source
Dorothy Reinhold | ShockinglyDelicious.com
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 55 minutes
Diet type: Vegetarian
Diet tags: Reduced fat
Number of servings (yield): 12-16
Culinary tradition: USA (General)
My rating
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I made the Blueberry Dreamsicle into muffins (for portion control!) and used 1/2 cup Sugar Twin and 1/2 cup sugar — and egg substitute instead of egg (for Weight Watcher ppv control!) For 23 muffin yield, each one only 2 ppv!! YAY!
Jill,
YAY is right and good for you! That sounds like it worked well for you.
Love your bread and your ORANGE joke made me laugh. A ski instructor taught that joke to my little guy yesterday and he has been cracking himself up telling it over and over again!
Holly,
I think it’s one of the first jokes we all learn as kids, and isn’t it fun to watch your child “get” a joke, and then learn how to re-tell it? Priceless!
Orange you glad I didn’t say banana! I haven’t heard that in a while! A perfect spring loaf for our oranges challenge-just love it, Dorothy!
Lora,
We all need to hear that joke at least once in awhile to bring us right back to our youth, eh?
What a great complement to my coffee, delicious.
Oh yes, Kathia, a cup of corree or tea is perfect with this!
That sounds delightful, and perfect for breakfast!
Christy,
Oh yes, my favorite kind of breakfast!
This looks too good! Orange and blueberry, what a nice combo, which I’ve never made, I don’t think. This could make me very famous in my department, you realize that, right? 😉
Sally,
My goal is to make you even more of a goddess than you already are!
Orange and blueberry is a classic combination! Your bread looks perfectly formed and perfectly browned!
Thanks Renee!
I love the idea of substituting oranges for the lemon, and can;t wait to try this. Quick breads are such a great thing to have around, especially when we are in a rush in the morning.
Felice,
Yep, quick breads are our favorite for breakfast, spread with whipped cream cheese.
Orange you glad you are part of 12 loaves? Okay, just had to say that… Love your beautiful quick bread! Beautiful photos too =)
Karen,
Ha! I AM glad to be a part of this great baking group! Thank you for the compliment on the photos.
Dorothy,
this quick bread looks soooo good! I also took the “easy way out” way out but hey, we get to enjoy our quick bread faster! 🙂 love that you were inspired by childhood Dreamsicles!!! love this! and you almost gave me a heart attack. . I thought I did something wrong again this month and got removed from the list? But I think you are missing a couple posts at the end of the list? mine and Lora’s?
Alice,
Thank you! I will go seek out the list again and import it!
You had me at “blueberries” but you hooked the kids with “Dreamsicle” – WOW!
Jeanne,
Oh yeah, Dreamsicle ANYTHING. The stuff of dreams.
could you make this as muffins
Recipe: Blueberry Dreamsicle Orange Lower-Fat Quick Bread
Dan,
I’m sure you can! You would bake the muffins for less time, since they are individual smaller “loaves.”
Wow what a great looking loaf! I want to dig into it right now.
Baking,
You do, you do!
I’m laughing that you and I both thought of that old knock knock joke for this event. I’m loving your bread too. Blueberries and orange make such a tasty combo.
Renee,
A groaner of a joke like that has to be trotted out every once in awhile!
The orange-blueberry combo sounds magnificent! What a delectable loaf!!!
Liz,
I think of it as every bit a classic as lemon and blueberry.
Blueberries and Dreamsicle are stuff my adult dreams are made of – delicious Dorothy!
Heather,
Yeah, Dreamsicle ANYTHING works for me!
Mmmm, dreamsicles! I love that you baked that flavor right into a quick bread, Dorothy. And blueberries always make everything better.
Stacy,
They do, they do!