Cranberry Thanksgiving

I love cranberry bread. My girlfriend (currently in California) makes the best in the world! I first discovered her bread baking talents while expecting Emily. Shortly before Emily was born, she treated me to her Holiday Breads. I'd not had Cranberry Bread before and instantly fell in love with it. Dawn's Cranberry Bread has spanned the world from Northern California to Germany just to share her love with me. My hips are forever grateful! (teehee!)

Well, there isn't any Cranberry Bread coming my way from Dawn this Holiday Season, so I had to get off my tail and figure out how to do this on my own. I pulled out one of our favorite Thanksgiving books, Cranberry Thanksgiving, and wouldn't you know it; there's a recipe for Cranberry Bread at the back of the book!

After we read the story yesterday, we pulled out the Kitchen Aid and got to work making some ourselves.

Here's the recipe:
2C sifted flour (I used fresh ground whole wheat)
1 C sugar
1 and 1/2 t baking powder
1 t salt
1/2 t baking soda
1/4 cup butter
1 egg beaten
1 t grated orange peel. (I left this out....)
3/4 C orange juice
1 and 1/2 C EACH of chopped cranberries and whole raisins. (you can use all cranberries if you like.)

Combine dry ingredients, cut in the butter, add the wet, mix, bake 350 for an hour or so. Cool on a wire rack. Then remove from the pan. Enjoy!