Cranberry Orange Bread

This is one of the recipes from the Depression-Era cookbook I have been cooking from.  I tweaked it just a bit by replacing the raisins for dried cranberries and it made a delicious loaf bread for the holidays. 

The recipe was titled simply:  Orange Loaf

Place in a bowl:

1/2 cup orange juice

grated rind of one orange

1/2 cup boiling water

3/4 cup of raisins ( I used dried cranberries)

Add:

1 cup sugar

1 tsp. baking soda

2 tbsp. butter, softened

2 tsp. vanilla

1 egg, beaten

Mix well.

Add:

2 cups flour

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 cup nuts, chopped  (I used pecans)

Mix all, pour into a loaf pan, and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.  Ice with a thin powdered sugar icing if desired.

I just mix around 4 tbsp of powdered sugar with milk till I get the consistency I want.

Yield: 1 loaf

I am still surprised when I make one of these recipes.  Some seem very lean but, there are many tried and true recipes that are really a delight.  The boys loved this bread so, this is actually the second loaf I made this week.  The first one wasn't fit to photograph after the children starting snacking on it!     
Enjoy!

Sherry

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