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Description:
Sweet festive bread infused with orange flavour and studded with craisins~
Ingredients:
2 C all-purpose flour
1/2 C white sugar
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 X 12" loaf pan.
2) Combine the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Add the cranberries and walnuts, and stir to coat with flour.
Allrecipes
Description:
Sweet festive bread infused with orange flavour and studded with craisins~
Ingredients:
2 C all-purpose flour
1/2 C white sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
Pinch of salt
1 C chopped craisins, soaked in boiling water or OJ for 5 min and drained
1/2 C chopped almonds
1 egg
2 tbsp vegetable oil
3/4 cup orange juice
1 tbsp orange zest
1/2 tsp orange extract (optional)
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 X 12" loaf pan.
2) Combine the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Add the cranberries and walnuts, and stir to coat with flour.
3) Mix together the egg, oil, orange juice, orange zest and extract. Pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture, and stir until just blended. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan.
4) Bake for 90 min in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 min, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
5) Cover bread with plastic wrap and allow to rest for 24 hours before serving for best results.
Remarks:
For the first time, I've followed a recipe almost exactly - didn't change anything except to cut the sugar by 1/4 C and baked the bread for another 40 min as it seemed very moist on the surface. It turned out that the exterior was rubbery and the interior was crumbly. I found the bread too sweet too (I realised that this IS a sweet bread after all), and I couldn't find my orange zest, almonds and cranberries! =(
After it was wrapped up and stored overnight, the bread was more fragrant and had the texture of a fruit cake. Next time, I'll stick to the 50 min mark for baking time, reduce the sugar again, coursely chop the almonds, add in more craisins and orange zest. Those should do the trick!
All in all, this recipe seems okay if the ingredients are accessible.
5) Cover bread with plastic wrap and allow to rest for 24 hours before serving for best results.
Remarks:
For the first time, I've followed a recipe almost exactly - didn't change anything except to cut the sugar by 1/4 C and baked the bread for another 40 min as it seemed very moist on the surface. It turned out that the exterior was rubbery and the interior was crumbly. I found the bread too sweet too (I realised that this IS a sweet bread after all), and I couldn't find my orange zest, almonds and cranberries! =(
After it was wrapped up and stored overnight, the bread was more fragrant and had the texture of a fruit cake. Next time, I'll stick to the 50 min mark for baking time, reduce the sugar again, coursely chop the almonds, add in more craisins and orange zest. Those should do the trick!
All in all, this recipe seems okay if the ingredients are accessible.
