Cranberry Orange Bread

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

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon clove
• 1 orange, zest of, grated
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1 cup fresh cranberries (frozen also ok)
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 gather together the flours, sugar, baking powder, soda, cloves and cinnamon into the sifter, and sift into your mixing bowl. i ground cinnamon bark and whole cloves in my coffee grinder, and they tasted and smelled super-good!
• 2 in another container, mix the orange rind and juice, egg, and melted butter. stir these wet ingredients into the dry.
• 3 coarsely chop the cranberries, or give them a couple of quick whirls in a food processor. add them to the batter along with the optional walnuts, and mix it all through.
• 4 pour into a buttered loaf pan, and bake at 350f for 1 hour, or until a tester inserted in the centre comes out clean. if i don't have a toothpick, i often use a stick of spaghetti for this task. cool the bread on a rack, and if you're not going to gobble it all down right away (very tempting!) wrap it tightly to store.