Description

    Tangy cranberries spark up this buttery nut bread recipe. Make and freeze these quick breads up to 8 weeks before Christmas for holiday giving.

    Ingredients

    2Cupflour, all-purpose
    1Cupsugar, granulated
    1Teaspooncinnamon
    1 1⁄2Teaspoonbaking powder
    1⁄2Teaspoonbaking soda
    1⁄2Teaspoonsalt
    1Cupwalnuts or pecans, coarsely chopped
    1Cupcranberries, fresh whole
    3⁄4Cuporange juice
    1⁄4Cupvegetable oil
    1 egg
    1Teaspoonorange rind, fresh grated

    Instructions

    Stir together in a large bowl: flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, soda and salt.

    When well blended, add walnuts and cranberries. Stir to coat nuts and berries.

    In a separate bowl, stir orange juice, vegetable oil, egg and orange rind with a fork until well blended.

    Pour over the dry ingredients; stir just until dry ingredients are completely blended into wet ingredients.

    Pour into greased 9x5 loaf pan or 3 mini-loaf pans (line bottom with wax paper). (I grease the pan by spraying it with Pam, then place the waxed paper on the bottom, and I spray it with Pam also.)

    Bake 350 for 60-70 minutes. Check it at 60...top should feel firm not soft when gently pushed. Turn out on cake rack. Peel off waxed paper. Turn bread upright and cool on rack.

    Makes 1 large loaf or 3 mini-loaves.

    Notes

    Rhonda's Cranberry Bread freezes very well. Wrap in two layers of plastic wrap and place in freezer storage bag to freeze for up to 2 months.



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    Copyright (c) 1999 Rhonda Ashby Coulter. Used by permission.

    Prep time5 minutes