Chocolate Pistachio Orange Loaf
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
- 2 Land O Lakes Eggs
- 1 1/2 cups sour cream
- 1 tablespoon orange flavoring
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup mini real semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup ground or very finely chopped salted pistachio nuts
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 to 3 teaspoons orange juice
- Heat oven to 350F.
- Grease and flour 9x5-inch loaf pan; set aside.
- Combine sugar and butter in bowl.
- Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy.
- Add eggs; continue beating until well mixed.
- Add sour cream, orange flavoring and orange zest.
- Continue beating, scraping bowl often, until creamy.
- Add flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until just mixed.
- (Do not overmix.)
- Stir in chocolate chips and ground pistachios.
- Spoon batter into prepared.
- Bake 60-70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- (If browning too quickly, cover loaf with aluminum foil.)
- Cool 10 minutes; invert onto cooling rack.
- Cool completely.
- Combine powdered sugar and enough orange juice in bowl for desired glazing consistency.
- Drizzle over cooled bread.
sugar, butter, eggs, sour cream, orange flavoring, freshly grated orange zest, allpurpose, baking powder, salt, baking soda, semisweet chocolate chips, ground, powdered sugar, orange juice
Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/2137/chocolate-pistachio-orange-loaf (may not work)