sweet - Cranberry Orange Nut Bread
Source of Recipe
from CM
Recipe Link: http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,194,149185-251206,00.html The early settlers learned to cook with cranberries from the
Indians of the Cape Cod area, who added cranberries and nuts
to their corn breads. Cakes of dried venison and cranberries,
called pemmican, were a mainstay of the Indian diet.
sweet - Cranberry Orange Nut Bread
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 c. butter, softened
Juice and grated peel of 1 orange
1 egg
1 c. cranberries, chopped
1/2 c. chopped nuts
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease bottom of loaf pan, 9 x 5 x 3 inches.
Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
Stir in butter until mixture is crumbly.
Stir in orange peel (about 1 tablespoon), the juice of 1 orange and 1 egg.
Stir only until the flour is moistened. Stir in cranberries and nuts.
Spread evenly in pan.
Bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 55 to 65 minutes.
Loosen edges of loaf with spatula; remove from pan.
Let stand at least 8 hours before slicing.
If using self-rising flour, omit baking powder and salt.
Reduce baking soda to 1/4 teaspoon.
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