Cumberland Cranberry Orange Nut Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh cranberries, sliced in half
• 2 cups flour, sifted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves (key ingredient- do not omit or substitute)
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 2 teaspoons orange zest
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1/4 cup butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350*.
• 2 slice cranberries.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients.
• 4 in another bowl mix together juice, peel, butter, egg, clove and vanilla.
• 5 combine dry and wet ingredients.
• 6 mix until combined.
• 7 fold in nuts and berries.
• 8 pour into greased bread pan (only grease the bottom of the pan- not the sides. this avoids the bread from falling in the center which creates a"sad streak.") and bake 55-60 minutes.
• 9 cool in pan before inverting.