Apricot Glaze

A light and refreshing glaze that adds delicious apricot flavor to quickbreads, poundcake and cupcakes. This makes any homemade treat tastes like it came from a French bakery. Use fresh squeezed orange juice and homemade preserves for an easy ooh, la, la touch of Paris! This is especially good with lemon poundcake.

• Ready In: 10 mins
• Yields: 1 cup

Ingredients

• 1  cup  apricot jam
• 1⁄4 cup  orange juice

Directions

1. In a small sauce pan, combine the apricot jam with the orange juice. Stir to combine.
2. Heat over medium high heat until boiling and cook for 3 minutes.
3. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve.
4. Brush tops and sides of cooled breads or cakes with glaze and allow to set.