Taste of Home
Orange-Chip Cranberry Bread
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 50 min. + cooling
YIELD: 2 loaves.
Tart berries, crunchy nuts and sweet chocolate are simply scrumptious when mixed together in this easy quick bread. Sometimes I'll top it off with an orange-flavored glaze. —Donna Smith, Fairport, New York
Ingredients
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2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 cup sugar
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1/2 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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2 large eggs, room temperature
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3/4 cup vegetable oil
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2 teaspoons grated orange zest
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1 cup buttermilk
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1-1/2 cups chopped fresh or frozen cranberries, thawed
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1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
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1 cup chopped walnuts
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3/4 cup confectioners' sugar, optional
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2 tablespoons orange juice, optional
Directions
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1.
In a bowl, combine the first 5 ingredients. In another bowl, combine eggs, oil and orange zest; mix well. Add to dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk. Fold in cranberries, chocolate chips and walnuts.
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2.
Pour into 2 greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50-60 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. If glaze is desired, combine confectioners' sugar and orange juice until smooth; drizzle over cooled loaves.
Nutrition Facts
1 piece: 220 calories, 13g fat (3g saturated fat), 18mg cholesterol, 76mg sodium, 25g carbohydrate (14g sugars, 1g fiber), 4g protein.
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