Orange Cranberry Quick Bread

[Spice1133]

This is such a good tasting bread, my husband loves it. It's not too sweet and is the perfect morning snack.

Orange Cranberry Quick Bread
1 cup sugar
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 teaspoons grated orange rind
2 eggs
3/4 cup orange juice
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries
2 Tbsp. sugar (for top)
1/2 teaspoon grated orange rind (for top)

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.

Hand mix sugar, flour, soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
Add pecans and 2 teaspoons orange rind.

In another bowl, mix egg, orange juice and mayonnaise well. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Then add cranberries.

Spoon into loaf pan. Sprinkle top with 2 TBS sugar and 1/2 teaspoon grated orange rind.

Bake for 55 minutes. Cover with foil and bake for 10 minutes more. Cool on wire rack.

 

[middie]

we have orange cranberry muffins at work... if this tastes anything like them i will be making it alot lol

 

[Spice1133]

Middie, I like it a lot because I'm basically lazy and and the cranberries in this go in whole. It really is a good bread, we have a neighbor who has cranberry bogs and he always brings us big bags of them in the fall, and I've tried a lot of recipes and we think this one is the best.

 

[middie]

well i'll have to make it for sure now i'm also lazy lol. thank you for sharing it.

 

[jkath]

It sounds so absolutely yummy!!!
Do you have any suggestions for those of us who don't have fresh cranberries around, except for 6 weeks over the holidays?

 

[middie]

jkath maybe use dried after soaking them in water?

 

[Maidrite]

Spice1133 can I order 2 of these to start with they sound great!!!!!!

 

[Spice1133]

I'm glad you all like the recipe. Let me know how you like it, if you make it. I don't know if reconstituted dry cranberries would work but they might. I wonder if soaking them in orange juice and then using the juice left over in the recipe might work. I might even be tempted to try whole berry cranberry sauce in it. I'm pretty good at following a recipe but am not very innovative. Maybe one the the great chefs on this board could help.

 

[lifesaver]

that definetly sounds good