Auntie Cynthia’s cranberry orange bread

Ingredients

1 orange
2  Tbs cold butter
1 large egg
1 cup chopped cranberries
1 large egg
1/2  tsp salt
2 cups flour
1-1/2  tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup sugar
1 cup chopped pecans (if you desire)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Using a sharp knife scrape the colored rind from the orange and mix it with the cranberries. Squeeze the juice of the orange into a measuring cup and add enough water to make 3/4 cup. Beat the egg and add it to the juice. Mix together the flour, salt, baking powder, soda and sugar in a large bowl. Cut the butter into the dry ingredients , mixing with two knives until crumbly.

Pour the juice into the dry ingredients and stir just until combined. Gently fold in the cranberries and nut. Pour the batter into a 9″ x 5″ loaf pan.bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool 10 minutes in the pan and then remove from the pan and cool completely.

serves 6-8

XOXO

Love Auntie Cynthia

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