Cranberry Orange Bread

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 2 tablespoons grated orange rind
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 4 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 tablespoon hot water
• 3 tablespoons molasses
• 1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries (cut in half if fresh) or 1 1/2 cups frozen cranberries (cut in half if fresh)
• 3/4 cup walnut pieces
• additional sugar, for sprinkling top

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease loaf pan very well (cooking spray works best).
• 3 sift the first 6 dry ingredients in a large bowl.
• 4 in a smaller bowl combine the next 6 'wet' ingredients.
• 5 stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients to incorporate.
• 6 then fold in the cranberries and nuts.
• 7 the dough should be fairly stiff but not dry.
• 8 if it is too dry, add another tablespoon of water.
• 9 turn into loaf pan and spread evenly.
• 10 sprinkle top of loaf with sugar to coat.
• 11 bake at 350°f for about 50 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
• 12 when done, turn immediately out onto cooling rack.
• 13 allow to cool about an hour before cutting.
• 14 terrific warm with butter!