Cranberry-Orange Bread

This is the best cranberry bread ever! A little sweet. 

• 3/4 C orange juice
• 1/4 C canola oil
• 1 C sugar (I use turbinado sugar, great flavor and slightly brown color but white will work)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 C all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ground allspice
• 1 Tbsp grated orange zest (if you squeeze fresh juice... I used bottled)
• 1 1/2 C fresh cranberries
• 1/2 C pecans or other nut if desired

Preheat the oven to 325. Lightly grease and flour a 9×5″ loaf pan.

In a large mixing bowl, mix together the orange juice, canola oil, sugar, and vanilla.

Sift in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and allspice. Mix until smooth – batter will be quite thick.

Fold in orange zest, cranberries and nuts, and pour into prepared loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Every stove is different. Start checking at 50 mins. Mine took 1 hour and 10 minutes... check center before taking out of oven. Let bread cool in loaf pan for about 15 minutes. Release onto cooling rack, turn right side up, let cool a bit more, then slice and eat.

From: earthchicknits.com... she adapted it from Veganomicon's recipe.. may originally be from Fanny Farmer.