Cranberry Orange nut Bread
Submitted by: RayAnn Johnson
4 cups of flour
2 cups of sugar
3 Teaspoons of baking powder
2 Teaspoons of salt
1 Teaspoon on baking soda
1/2 cup butter
2 Teaspoons grated orange peel
1 1/2 cups orange juice
2 eggs, well beaten
4 cups or 1 package fresh whole cranberries, cut in half.
1 cup chopped pecans or sliced almonds
Sift dry ingredients and cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives. Combine peel, juice, and eggs and add to dry ingredients mixing just to moisten – using a wooden spoon. Fold in berries and nuts. Turn into 2 well greased 9×5x3 loaf pans(or 3 smaller ones). Bake at 350° about 1 hour. Check with toothpick. Should come out clean
