joey's cranberry orange bread

Burlington, IA
Updated on Jun 25, 2012

I love this quick bread to eat with cream cheese or butter and to give as a gift. It also goes well at holiday bake sales.

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/3 cup softened butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 teaspoons orange zest
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 2 - eggs
  • 1 cup chopped fresh/frozen cranberries*
  • 1/2 cup toasted slivered almonds

How To Make joey's cranberry orange bread

  • Step 1
    PREHEAT: oven to 350*F Mix flour, baking powder, ginger, soda, salt and nutmeg in a large bowl.
  • Step 2
    BEAT: together: butter, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy. ADD: zest, OJ and eggs. Mix well
  • Step 3
    Gradually add to flour mixture until just moistened. Gently stir in cranberrys and toasted almond slivers.
  • Step 4
    YIELD: This will make 3 mini loaves or 1 large. PREPARE: pan with baking spray, or grease and flour. POUR: into prepared 3 mini loaf pans or 1 large loaf pan. BAKE: minis 35-40 min full loaf 60 min
  • Step 5
    TIPS: Whole fresh Cranberrys will keep in the freezer, so buy extra to take you through those long winter months. To use dried cranberrys (Craisins) Cover 1 Cup of craisins with 2 C boiling water. Cover, steep 15 min. drain and add to mix. SPICES;nutmeg isn't one of my fave spices I sometimes sub cinnamon or skip entirely

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