This cranberry bread recipe is
made with fresh cranberries, orange juice, and chopped nuts.
Sweet-tart cranberries make a delicious quick bread to serve for
breakfast or as part of a special holiday brunch menu.
Serve
warm or cold with a pat of butter or softened cream cheese spread on
top. This cranberry bread is full of flavor because of the fresh orange
juice and rind. You might also like this cranberry bread recipe.
Cranberry
Quick Bread Recipe
This
recipe is from
my mom's recipe box collection.
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more bread recipes in this Old-Fashioned
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Prep
Time: 15 minutes
Bake
Time: 1 hour
Ingredient
List:
juice and grated rind of 1
medium orange
2 Tablespoons shortening
boiling
water
1 egg, beaten
2 cups flour
1 cup
sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups fresh or
thawed frozen cranberries, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup chopped
nuts
Kitchen Equipment
Needed
1 medium mixing bowl
1
large mixing bowl
1 8" x 4" x 3" loaf pan, greased
and floured
Instructions:
Step
1:
In a measuring cup, place the juice of 1 orange and its grated rind.
Add 2 Tablespoons of shortening and enough boiling water to make 3/4
cup. Pour into a medium mixing bowl.
Step 2:
Whisk one egg, slightly beaten into the orange juice mixture.
Step
3: In a separate large mixing bowl, measure the flour, sugar,
baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Step 4:
Make a well in the center of the flour and pour the liquid into it.
Stir to combine, just until moistened.
Step 5:
Fold in the cranberries and chopped nuts.
Step
6:
Pour into a greased and floured loaf baking pan. Let stand 20 minutes
before baking. During this time preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Step
7: Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees or until a toothpick
inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean.
Step
8: Cool slightly in the baking pan and then turn out onto a
wooden or wire rack and finish cooling.
This
cranberry bread recipe serves 9.