Orange Bread

I got this recipe from The Best of Shaker Cooking. I was given this cookbook as a present when I left Darrow. I had doubts that there would be anything good in it, but it has been a surprisingly good resource! This bread has an almost sponge-cake-like consistency. I think it would be quite good with chocolate sauce for a dessert. PLEASE don't tell Bob about the milk or butter in the recipe. He is in love with this bread.....

• 1 cup small pieces of orange peel
• water
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 3 TBS butter
• 1 egg
• 2 c. milk
• 4 c. flour
• 4 tsps baking powder
• 1/8 tsp salt

Put the orange peel in a small saucepan and just cover with water. Simmer for 15 minutes. Add 1 cup of the sugar and boil until you get a syrup. Cream the butter and sugar, add the egg and milk. Mix flour with baking powder and salt. Add to other ingredients and beat well. Add the orange peel mixture. Put the batter into two greased bread pans. Let stand for 20 minutes. Bake for 40 minutes in a 325 degree oven.