Rolling croissants in a rich, creamy chicken sauce and baking them creates mouthwatering puffs. wonderful for gatherings!
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs |
| Servings: | 2 |
| Yield: | 2 loaves |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 ¼ teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon orange extract (Optional)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup applesauce
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon orange extract (Optional)
- 2 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped crystallized ginger, or to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9×5-inch loaf pans.
- Combine flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt in a bowl.
- Cream sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric blender until light and fluffy; stir in 1 teaspoon orange extract. Mix baking soda into applesauce and stir into butter mixture. Add flour mixture and mix until batter is smooth. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into center of a loaf comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack until cool, about 1 hour.
- Combine cream cheese, vanilla extract, and 1/2 teaspoon orange extract in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer until well combined. Beat in confectioners’ sugar gradually. Spread frosting over cooled loaves. Decorate with crystallized ginger.
- You can also use chopped candied orange peel to decorate the ginger loaf.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 2235 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 353 g |
| Cholesterol | 245 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 6 g |
| Protein | 19 g |
| Saturated Fat | 54 g |
| Sodium | 2462 mg |
| Sugars | 268 g |
| Fat | 87 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |