Description
This is a delicious sweet bread with a swirl of orange and vanilla-flavored cheese. It is easy to make and too easy to eat. We will enjoy it this Easter and I hope you enjoy it too! Eat one loaf for Easter and freeze the other for later.
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup white sugar, divided
- 2 tablespoons warm water (110 degrees F (43 degrees C))
- 3 ⅓ teaspoons active dry yeast
- ⅔ cup milk
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 egg yolks, beaten
- ⅔ teaspoon salt
- 3 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon orange liqueur (such as Grand Marnier®)
- ½ orange, zested
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup white sugar
- 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup cold butter, cubed
- ½ cup thinly sliced almonds
- 1 egg white, beaten
Instructions
- Mix 1 teaspoon sugar
- water
- and yeast together in a small bowl. Let stand until yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam
- about 5 minutes.
- Heat milk in a small saucepan over medium heat until it begins to bubble. Pour into a large bowl. Stir in 6 tablespoons butter until melted. Let mixture cool to 110 degrees F (43 degrees C)
- about 5 minutes.
- Mix remaining sugar
- yeast mixture
- 2 egg yolks
- and salt into the milk mixture. Add 3 1/3 cups flour; knead dough until shiny and elastic.
- Place dough in a greased bowl
- turning to coat both sides. Cover with greased plastic wrap; let rise until doubled
- 1 to 2 hours.
- Combine cream cheese
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- orange liqueur
- orange zest
- and 1 vanilla extract in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Mix 1/2 cup sugar and 6 tablespoons flour together in a bowl. Cut in 1/4 cup cold butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives. Stir in almonds.
- Grease two 9×5-inch loaf pans and line the bottom with parchment paper.
- Punch down dough and divide in half. Roll 1 half into a rectangle 1/8-inch thick; keep the other half covered. Spread 1/2 of the cream cheese mixture over the dough. Fold in the short ends of the dough and roll up tightly like a jelly roll. Transfer to a prepared loaf pan. Repeat with remaining dough and cream cheese mixture.
- Brush beaten egg white over the loaves; sprinkle almond topping evenly on top. Cover loaves with greased plastic wrap and let rise until dough reaches above the rim of the pans
- about 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Bake loaves in the preheated oven until golden brown and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center registers 190 degrees F (88 degrees C)
- 40 to 50 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes. Run a knife along the sides to loosen; let cool completely
- about 30 minutes.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 3 hrs 55 mins
Servings: 24