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December 29, 2004
Irish Cranberry Bread
Irish Cranberry Bread Submitted by Kit
I've found that even people who swear that they HATE cranberry bread just Love this one! A friend of mine who is now in her late 70's father brought this recipe over from Ireland when he was just a very young boy!
This makes 3 regular loaves or 4 smaller ones.. But be forewarned ALL of the dry ingredients MUST be sifted with a very fine sifter, if not the bread comes out like a brick!
Keep Cranberries Frozen till you are ready to chop them either in a blender or a food processor which is MUCH easier!
Ingredients:
3 cups flour
4 cups sugar
4 tsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Baking Soda
2 tsp. Salt
1 & 1/2 cups Orange Juice
1/2 cup salad oil (any type except Olive Oil)
4 large eggs
1 lb finely chopped cranberries (I use one bag of cranberries which is I think 10 oz's)
Sift Flour, add all other dry ingredients then sift all of this one more time (if you don't sift well your bread will be heavy as bricks & just as hard!)
In small bowl mix orange juice, salad oil & eggs and beat together. Pour over dry ingredients & stir just until moistened. Lightly fold in chopped cranberries. If you like cranberry bread with nuts, feel free to add them when you add the cranberries.
Grease pans VERY WELL with either butter or margarine, avoid Pam sprays & those like it cause the butter or margarine make a nice outside crust that the sprays do not.
To make sure that the breads cook evenly, after you put the batter into the pans, take a spatula & starting from the center press the batter up the sides of the pan all around so that the center appears slightly lower than the middle.
Bake in 350 degree preheated oven about 1 hour until crust is golden brown & toothpick when inserted comes out clean.
These Freeze great in Aluminum foil!!
Posted by at December 29, 2004 09:15 PM