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Title: Grandmother's Famous Cranberry Bread Categories: Dessert, Breads Yield: 10 Servings 2 c All-purpose flour; sifted 1 c Sugar 1 1/2 ts Baking powder 1 ts Salt 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/4 c Butter or margarine 1 Egg; beaten 1 ts Grated orange peel 3/4 c Orange juice 1 1/2 c Light raisins 1 1/2 c Chopped cranberries; fresh -or frozen Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda into a large bowl. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Add egg, orange peel, and orange juice all at once; stir just until mixture is evenly moist. Fold in raisins and cranberries. Spoon into a greased 9 x 5 x 3- inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pan; cool on a wire rack. If you choose, you may substitute cranberries for the raisins to have an all cranberrry bread. Makes 1 loaf. Recipe tested by the Food Department of Parents' Magazine. Formatted by (and tried by) Lynn Thomas dcqp82a@prodigy.com. Recipe from the story "Cranberry Thanksgiving" by Wende and Harry Devlin (Macmillian Publishing Co. ISBN: 0-689-71429-7) Lynn's notes: I made this for the first time November 1973. A good recipe--don't overbake or it will be dry. Serve with a flavored butter or orange marmalade. Recipe by: Cranberry Thanksgiving Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by WWGQ25C@prodigy.com (MRS LYNN P THOMAS) on Nov 25, 1997 |