5 cups unbleached flour
3 3/4 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. salt
2 1/2 cups sugar
2/3 cup soft shortening |
3 eggs
2 cups orange juice
1 tbsp. grated orange rind
3 1/2 cups cranberries
2 1/2 cups ground walnuts
2 1/2 tsp. cinnamon |
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 Combine
dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and set aside.
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Chop/grind nuts in blender and set aside.
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Cream sugar and shortening. Add the eggs and orange juice and put in
the orange rind.
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Chop cranberries. Use blender and some of the orange juice as liquid
for this process.
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Pre-heat oven now, to 350°. Grease loaf pans.
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Mix dry and wet ingredients with a wooden spoon only enough to wet it
all well. Fold in cranberries and walnuts. Minimal mixing is
best for lightness of texture.
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Put into loaf pans, about 3/4 full.
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garnish pans with a few whole berries pushed into dough a bit and sprinkle
sugar over them.
Bake 50 to 60 minutes at 350 °
Makes 2 large or 3 small loaves.
COMMENTS: Serve at Thanksgiving, of course. Can be a regular
in the winter and tastes great slightly warm, with butter or cream cheese.
The cinnamon gives it a nice extra touch. |