Orange Cranberry Bread

I walked into the grocery store to buy some items today and spotted cranberries.  Fall is here and I find myself wanting to bake and make comfort food.  The cranberries made me think of a refreshing bread, orange cranberry bread.  So, I grabbed a bag and plan on making some this weekend.  For now my family will just have to settle for the fresh banana bread I made this evening.  Nothing like the smell of something baking on a crisp fall day!

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon baking soda

¼ cup of butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon grated orange peel

¾ cup orange juice

1 cup fresh cranberries, chopped

Combine the dry ingredients and set aside.  Cream butter and sugar together in a large bowl.  Beat in egg and orange peel.  Add dry ingredients and juice alternately to the butter and sugar mixture.  Fold in cranberries and pour into a greased 9x5 loaf pan.  Bate at 350º for 60 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.  Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.  Then, cool completely.