Cranberry Nut Bread

• 2 cupsall-purpose flour
• 2/3 cupgranulated sugar
• 1 1/2 tspbaking powder
• 1 1/2 tspbaking soda
• 2 tsporange, grated
• 3/4 cuporange juice
• 1/4 cupbutter, or margarine
• 1 egg
• 1 cupdried cranberries, chopped
• 1/3 cupwalnuts, chopped
• 1/3 cuppowdered sugar, for glaze
• 1 tspwater, for glaze

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Method

1. 1

   Wash hands with soap and water.

2. 2

   Preheat oven to 350 °F. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda in a large bowl.

3. 3

   Grate orange peeling, then squeeze juice from orange. Add additional orange juice to make 3/4 cup.

4. 4

   In a separate bowl, blend orange juice, butter, egg, and grated orange peel; add to flour mixture, stirring until just blended. Mix in cranberries and walnuts.

5. 5

   Pour batter into a 9x5 inch loaf pan, greased on bottom only.

6. 6

   Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove and cool completely on wire rack.

7. 7

   Optional: to make glaze, mix powdered sugar and water; add water as needed to make thin glaze. Drizzle over cooled loaf.