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Cranberry Bread Recipe
Makes 2 loaves
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25 min
10 min
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2 cups flour (sifted)
1 cup sugar
1 and 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt (I never use it)
1/2 tsp baking soda.
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1/4 cup butter
1 beaten egg, 1 tsp grated orange peel
3/4 cup orange juice
1 and 1/2 cups light raisins
a half bag of chopped cranberries per loaf
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I find it easier to double the recipe and make two loaves at once
since we have so many elves to feed (not to mention Santa himself).
Sift: 2 cups flour (sifted), 1 cup sugar, 1 and 1/2 tsp baking powder,
1 tsp salt (I never use it), and 1/2 tsp baking soda.
Cut in 1/4 cup butter (I use Promise Extra Light margarine sticks
- it makes the bread really moist) until mixture is crumbly (I use
a mixer to crumble-ize it)
Add 1 beaten egg, 1 tsp grated orange peel (I use a grater/peeler
doohickey and grate an entire orange for every two loaves.), and
3/4 cup orange juice. (If you can get your Elves to do the grating,
it will help) mix until mixture is evenly moist.
Fold in as many light raisins as you think looks good (the recipe
calls for 1 and 1/2 cups, I never measure) and about a half bag
of chopped cranberries per loaf. spoon into a greased 9 x 5 x 3
loaf pan bake at 350' for 1 hour and 10 mins or until toothpick
in center comes out clean. I never use the toothpick test, but I
suppose it is a good idea.
Cool out of pan on a wire rack. keep stored in aluminum foil,
unless you eat it all before it cools.
If it doesn't come out well the first time, that is OK, it took
Mrs. Claus 3 or 4 attempts before she learned to make it consistently
excellent.
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