CRANBERRY-ORANGE BREAD

Here’s another delicious bread that can serve as breakfast or even as a gift for a neighbor.  It can be made into muffins or a loaf but my favorite form is to bake it in a bundt cake pan.   Wonderful!

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1 and ½ t. baking powder

½ t. salt

½ t. baking soda

2 t. orange zest

Juice from 1 or 2 oranges

2 T. butter, softened

1 egg

1 t. vanilla

1 cup fresh cranberries (I buy them fresh and pop them in the freezer so that I always have them on hand)

1 cup walnuts, chopped

Instructions:

*Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and soda in a mixing bowl.

*Using a measuring cup, combine the orange zest, orange juice and the softened butter.  Then add enough boiling water to the mixture to equal ¾ cup.

*Add egg, vanilla and water mixture to the flour mixture.

*Stir cranberries and walnuts in to batter.

*Place batter into lined muffin tins or desired baking pan.

*Bake at 325 degrees until done.