Orange Poppy Seed Bread

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups water
• 2 teaspoons grated orange rind
• 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, cubed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon poppy seed
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom (optional) or 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
• 3/4 teaspoon fast-rising active dry yeast (instant) or 3/4 teaspoon bread machine yeast

Recipe

• 1 remove baking pan from large (1-1/2- to 2-lb/750 g to i kg) bread machine.
• 2 add to pan (in order) water, orange rind, sugar, butter, salt, flour, poppy seeds, and cardamom (if using).
• 3 sprinkle yeast over top, making sure it does not touch liquid.
• 4 according to manufacturer's instructions, choose basic or regular/light setting.
• 5 when baked, immediately remove pan from machine; shake loaf from pan.
• 6 let cool completely on rack.