Cranberry Nut Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon minced orange peel
• 1 tablespoon water
• 3 1/2 cups squeezed fresh orange juice, with pulp (3-4 oranged)
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups chopped cranberries
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• 12 pecan halves, for decoration (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 soak minced orange peel in tb of water to rehydrate.
• 3 in a small bowl lightly beat the egg, add orange peel, orange juice, vegetable oil, and pure vanilla extract.
• 4 in a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, nutmeg and cinnamon.
• 5 add wet ingredients to dry and mix until moist.
• 6 add cranberries and nuts(except for 12 pecan halves). divide batter between 2 regular loaf pans greased and floured on the bottoms only( we prefer glass baking pans). place 4-6 pecan halves evenly on top of each loaf.
• 7 bake in preheated oven 50-60 minutes, until golden brown and springy to the touch.
• 8 remove from oven, cool in pan 8-10 minutes.
• 9 remove from pan(run a very thin knife around the outside edge of the bread, if you are concerned about the bread sticking).
• 10 let cool before completely slicing.