Cranberry Goodness

Fall is the best time for making cranberry nut bread, at least it is for me.  I love when I walk into the grocery store and see the cranberries in the produce section.  I always snatch one up and bake some bread right when I get home.

My recipe is from my sister and I do not know where she obtained it.  I altered it to my tastes and habits (like doubling it so I use up the entire cranberry package)

Cranberry Nut Bread

preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Makes two loaves.

3 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt                            mix these ingredients in a large bowl.

To the dry ingredients cut with pastry cutter 6 tbsp of  softened butter (or margarine).

In separate bowl,  mix:  1 1/8 cup  orange juice
                                    2 eggs.

Add orange juice/eggs into flour-butter mixture.

fold in one entire bag of cranberries (2+ cups?) chopped through food processor and 1/2 cup chopped nuts (I use almonds or walnuts).

divide batter evenly between two loaf pans and bake for 50 minutes to an hour.  bread is done when a knife inserted into center comes out clean.