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Oh-So-Orange Cream Cheese Spread

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on July 28, 2011

Yield

8 ounces of spread

Oh-So-Orange Cream Cheese Spread

Ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature⅓ cup orange marmalade 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest

Before You Begin

Our Zucchini Bread (see related recipe) is good enough to stand on its own, but a slather of cream cheese makes it even better. Flavor that cream cheese with jam, spices, or citrus zest and you have something memorable. These spreads will keep in a covered container in the refrigerator for a week.

Instructions

  1. With rubber spatula, combine cream cheese, orange marmalade, confectioners’ sugar, and lemon zest in bowl until smooth.
Oh-So-Orange Cream Cheese Spread

Oh-So-Orange Cream Cheese Spread

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Yield

8 ounces of spread

Ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
⅓ cup orange marmalade
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest

Ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
⅓ cup orange marmalade
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest

Ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
⅓ cup orange marmalade
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest

Why This Recipe Works

To make it easy to incorporate the ingredients into our Oh-So-Orange Cream Cheese Spread, we softened the cream cheese at room temperature for at least one hour. Orange marmalade added flavor and sweetness, and grated lemon zest brought a strong, assertive flavor to our spread.

Before You Begin

Our Zucchini Bread (see related recipe) is good enough to stand on its own, but a slather of cream cheese makes it even better. Flavor that cream cheese with jam, spices, or citrus zest and you have something memorable. These spreads will keep in a covered container in the refrigerator for a week.

Instructions

  1. With rubber spatula, combine cream cheese, orange marmalade, confectioners’ sugar, and lemon zest in bowl until smooth.

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