Orange Cream Cheese Bread Recipe

Ingredients

1-8 ozpackage cream cheese, softened
1/2 cshortening
1 2/3 cgranulated sugar
2eggs
2 1/4 call-purpose flour
1 tspsalt
1 Tbspbaking powder
1 cmilk
1/2 cchopped walnuts
2 Tbspgrated orange peel
1/4 corange juice

Directions :

Combine cream cheese and shortening, creaming well.

Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.

Add eggs, beating well after each addition.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix well after each addition.

Stir in walnuts and orange peel.

Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8-1/2 x 4-1/2 x 3 inch loaf pans.

Bake at 375 degrees F for 55 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.

Let cool in pan for 10 mintues. Then sprinkle orange juice over loaves. Remove to wire rack to finish cooling