Cranberry Fruit Bread

Title:
Cranberry Fruit Bread

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Breads,
Cranberries,
Desserts,
Fruits,
Holidays




Ingredients:





    12 oz Bag cranberries, halved,


          -fresh or frozen


     2 c  Pecan halves


     1 c  Chopped mixed candied fruit


     1 c  Chopped dates


     1 c  Golden raisins


     1 tb Grated orange peel


     4 c  All-purpose flour, divided


     2 c  Sugar


     1 tb Baking powder


     1 ts Baking soda


   1/4 ts Salt


     2    Eggs


     1 c  Orange juice


   1/4 c  Shortening, melted


   1/4 c  Warm water






 Combine cranberries, pecans, fruit, dates, raisins and orange peel with 1/4


 cup flour; set aside. In another bowl, combine sugar, baking powder, baking


 soda, salt and remaining flour; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat


 eggs. Add orange juice, shortening and water. Add flour mixture; stir just


 until combined. Fold in cranberry mixture. Spoon into three greased and


 waxed paper-lined 8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2" loaf pans. Bake at 350 F. for 60-65


 minutes or until breads test done. Yield: three loaves. MC formatting by


 bobbi744@sojourn.com


 


 NOTES : Holiday Bread - Runner Up by Ellen Puotinen, Tower, Minnesota. "


 These small loaves make nice gifts and also freeze well."


 


 Recipe by: Taste of Home Magazine, Dec/Jan '94, p. 26


 


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #388 by Roberta Banghart


 
on Jan 25, 1997.