Cranberry Recipe « Cranberry Nut Quick Bread

This is a wonderful treat during the holidays! It just tastes 'Christmasy' and is a must with a cup of coffee or hot tea! I received it from a friend from the Northeast.

Ingredients

• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 orange, juiced and zested
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup cranberries, quartered
• 1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon orange juice
• 1 tablespoon milk

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a loaf pan.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar.
3. In a 1-cup (or larger) measuring cup combine juice and zest of the orange, butter and enough boiling water to reach 3/4 cup. Stir into flour mixture. Fold in egg, walnuts and cranberries. Pour batter into prepared pan.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool loaf in the pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
5. To make the icing combine confectioners' sugar, butter, orange juice and milk; add more milk if necessary so that the icing is thin and slightly runny. Drizzle over bread; allow icing to set before slicing.

Nutrition Facts

• calories325.1
• carbohydrateContent52.5 g
• cholesterolContent28.3 mg
• fatContent11.8 g
• fiberContent1.9 g
• proteinContent4.4 g
• saturatedFatContent3.8 g
• sodiumContent235.7 mg
• sugarContent34.1 g