Our Jean Cranberry Orange Bread repost from a dear member

[Guest guest]

I remember her and I will make this. I make her cornmeal fruit bread recipe

several times a year

 

GeGee

 

, Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower

wrote:

>

> This time of the year I always bake extra amounts of sweet breads.

> I wanted to share Jean's recipe from our files. She paased away a few years

ago but her spirit lives on within the group and our recipe files.

> I love this recipe. Give it a try sometime.

> HAppy New Year, it's almost here.

> Donna

>

> Cranberry Orange Bread

>

> 2 cups all purpose flour (you can use 1/2 whole wheat then add more

> liquid later)

> 3/4 cup sugar

> 1/2 tsp salt

> 1 1/2 tsp baking powder

> 1 tsp. baking soda

> 2 tbsps vegetable oil

> 1/4 to 1/2 cup water to loosen dough (depending on flour)

> 1/2 cup orange juice

> 1/2 tbsp. grated orange peel

> 1 egg or substitute

> 1 cup raw cranberries (you can use dried, but soak them a little first)

> 1/4 tsp. cloves or allspice

> 1/4 tsp. nutmeg

> 2 tsps. vanilla extract (use the real thing!)

>

> Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl mix the dry ingredients.

> Separately mix the egg sub, juice, peel, oil, and vanilla. Stir the dry into

> the wet mixture a little bit at a time. I usually hand mix this recipe,

> so I use a wooden spoonful at a time. Fold in the cranberries. Bake in

> a greased loaf pan or small cake pan for one hour, and check with a

> fork to see if it's done (i.e.: the fork will come out clean).

> Note: You can also make this into muffins, but you have to really keep

> your eye on it because it will significantly cut the cooking time.

>

> Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for

another. Dalai Lama

>