Makes: 15 Servings

Enjoy this bread for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Use fresh cranberries when in season for a burst of flavor.

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour*
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 4 tablespoons butter (1/4 cup), melted (or margarine)
• 1 egg (or 2 egg whites)
• 1 cup chopped cranberries
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
• powdered sugar, optional (1/3 cup, for glaze)
• water, optional (1 teaspoon, for glaze)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 °F. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda in a large bowl.
2. Grate orange peeling, then squeeze juice from orange. Add additional orange juice to make 3/4 cup.
3. 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.
4. Pour batter into a 9x5 inch loaf pan, greased on bottom only.
5. 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.
6. Optional: to make glaze, mix powdered sugar and water; add water as needed to make thin glaze. Drizzle over cooled loaf.

Notes

• * You can substitute 1/2 to 1 cup of the flour with whole wheat flour.
• All-purpose flour used for nutrition analysis and costing purposes.

Source: North Dakota State University Extension Service