Thursday, November 15, 2012

Orange Cranberry Nut Bread

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp orange zest
3/4 cup orange juice, freshly squeezed
2 Tbsp melted butter
1 egg, beaten
2 cups fresh cranberries, chopped roughly
1 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease and flour a 9x5x3 loaf pan.
Put a metal mesh sieve over a large bowl and Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda through the sieve and into a large bowl.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the orange zest, orange juice, melted butter, and beaten egg.
Slowly add the wet ingredients into the large bowl with the dry ingredients, stirring until just combined - do not over stir.
Add the cranberries and the walnuts and fold in until combined.
Pour into prepared loaf pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 55 minutes to 60 minutes.
Remove from oven and let stand in loaf pan for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack and let rest for several hours before serving.
Makes 1 loaf.

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