Orange Old-fashioned Donut Loaf
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and fully line a 9x5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper.

  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, and salt for the streusel. Add the cold butter and vanilla bean paste. Work together with your fingertips until a mixture of fine crumbs and large buttery pieces forms. Refrigerate while preparing the batter.

  3. In a large bowl, combine the granulated sugar and orange zest. Rub the zest into the sugar with your fingertips until the sugar is fragrant and lightly moistened.

  4. Whisk in the oil, yogurt, vanilla bean paste, orange emulsion, orange juice, and milk until completely smooth.

  5. Sift the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg over the wet ingredients. Whisk just until combined and no dry streaks remain. Do not overmix.

  6. Spread just under half of the batter into the prepared loaf pan.

  7. Sprinkle half of the chilled streusel evenly over the batter.

  8. Carefully spread the remaining batter over the streusel until completely covered.

  9. Sprinkle the remaining streusel evenly over the top, leaving plenty of large buttery pieces.

  10. Sprinkle generously with clear coarse sanding sugar before baking.

  11. Bake at 350°F for 55-65 minutes, or possibly longer if your oven runs slower. Check the loaf at 45 minutes and tent loosely with foil if the streusel is browning quickly. The loaf is done when the center reaches 205-210°F (96-99°C), the center no longer jiggles, and a tester inserted into the cake portion comes out with moist crumbs but no wet batter.

  12. Cool in the pan for 20 minutes, then carefully lift the loaf onto a wire rack to cool completely.

  13. Whisk together the powdered sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste, 60 g milk, and salt until completely smooth. For a more citrus-forward glaze, replace 15 g of the milk with 15 g fresh orange juice. Taste and add more vanilla bean paste if desired, up to 1 tablespoon total.

  14. Spoon or pour the glaze generously over the cooled loaf, allowing it to run naturally down the sides.

  15. Allow the glaze to set before slicing.

Course🍰Dessert

Diets🥕Vegetarian...

Category🍰Dessert

Cuisine🇺🇸American

Occasions🎉Celebration🍿Snack

Season🔁Year-round

DifficultyMedium ⏰ 1h

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