Cranberry-Nut Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup white sugar
• 0.5 cups brown sugar
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.25 cups butter
• 0.75 cups orange juice
• 1 egg , well beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
• 1.5 cups cranberries
• 0.5 cups chopped walnuts

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.

2. 2

   Sift flour, white sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a large mixing bowl. Mash butter into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.

3. 3

   Stir orange juice, egg, vanilla extract, and orange zest together in a small bowl; add to flour mixture and stir just until the dry ingredients are moistened and batter-like. Fold cranberries and walnuts through the batter; spoon into the prepared loaf pan, spreading so the corners and sides are slightly higher than the center.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.