Cranberry Bread

My friend Martha seems to be my go-to person for recipes. For Thanksgiving 2009, she gave me her recipe for Cranberry Bread, that she calls "Fred's Cranberry Bread". I also pulled this recipe out for Timmy's 5th Grade Election Day Bake Sale, and they sold out almost immediately.

To read more about Martha's recipe, visit her website:
http://www.throwingspoons.com/2007/11/cranberry-bread.html

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 ½ tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
• Approximately ¾ cup orange juice
• 1 egg, well beaten
• 2 cups fresh cranberries, washed, picked over, and halved (not chopped)
• ½ cup chopped walnuts (optional)

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.
2. Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
3. Combine vegetable oil with enough orange juice to make ¾ cup
4. Stir egg into juice mixture and pour into dry ingredients. Mix enough to dampen.
5. Gently fold in cranberries (and walnuts, if using).
6. Spoon into greased loaf pan, spreading sides slightly higher than center.
7. Bake at 350 Degrees for 50-60 minutes.
8. Turn out of pan to cool on rack.

Yields 1 Large Loaf, or 3 Mini-Loaves