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Cranberry-pecan Bread Recipe


Cranberry-Pecan Bread Recipe
Great holiday bread with a touch of spice. Cranberries are scrumptious and tasty. And a great holiday gift that everyone will rave about "Not your ordinary fruit cake! "

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Ingredients
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup triple sec or Orange flavored liqueur
  • ¼ cup water
  • ½ t. whole cloves
  • 1 cinnamon stick halved
  • 1½ cups fresh cranberries (or defrosted frozen)
  • ¾ cup dark brown sugar
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 t. baking soda
  • ½ t. ground cinnamon
  • ½ t. salt
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
  • ¼ cup fresh orange juice
  • 1 cup chopped, toasted pecans
  • 1 t. vanilla

Directions
  1. In a saucepan, combine the orange liqueur, sugar, water, cloves, and cinnamon stick and
  2. bring to boil. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Add the cranberries. Reduce heat to a simmer until berries burst.
  3. About 8 minutes. Toast the pecans.
  4. Remove from heat and let berries cool in the liquid. When cool remove the cinnamon stick and cloves and discard.
  5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease 9 ¼ by 5 ¼ in. loaf pan. In a mixer bowl, using the mixer on high speed (or using a hand mixer), cream together the sugar and butter. Add the eggs and beat until light and fluffy. Into a bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
  6. In a small bowl, combine the buttermilk and orange juice. Alternately add the dry ingredients and buttermilk mixture to the creamed butter, beating after the addition of each. Fold in the reserved cranberry mixture, pecans, orange zest and vanilla. Pour into prepared loaf pan. Bake until tester comes out clean, 55-60 minutes.

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Comments


This sounds so good! YUMMM


A nice sounding recipe. Thank-you


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