Whole wheat cranberry orange tea bread Yummmmmmmmmmmmmm

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Thank you! Orange abd cranberry are a good combo in baked goods.

This looks very yummy!

Marsha

, " steffdav46 "

<steffdav46 wrote:

>

> Here is the recipe that I use for my tea bread. I want to say

> ahead of time that since I try to keep to a low fat and low calorie

> diet, for my own personal bread, I will make this even lower in

> calories and fat, so I am going to write down the original that I

> made for my tea, and next to it, the version that I make for

myself.

> I think that both are good but that may just be me :0) .

>

> CRANBERRY ORANGE TEA BREAD

> My version:

> 1/4 cup Butter or Earth Balance 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

> 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup Splenda 1 1/4 tsp powdered Stevia

> 1 egg or egg replacer for 1 egg 2 egg whites

> Juice of 1 orange and water to make 3/4 cup (same for mine)

>

> 1 cup whole wheat flour 2 cups whole wheat flour

> 1 cup white flour

> 2 tsp baking powder same

> 1/2 tsp baking soda same

> 1/2 tsp salt same

> Grated rind from 1 orange same

> 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen Cranberries thawed (same)

> 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts same

>

> Combine Butter (or alternative), sugar, and egg in mixing bowl

and

> beat until smooth. Stir in juice.

> In second bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda

and

> salt. Stir in orange rind, cranberries and nuts. Add wet

ingredients

> and stir until just moistened. Scrape into sprayed 9x5x3 inch loaf

> pan and bake in 350 oven for 1 hour or until tester comes out

clean.

> Depending on the cranberries, I find that sometimes it takes longer

> than 1 hour. Let stand 10 mins in pan before turning it out onto

rack

> to cool. It tastes even better the next day.

> *****You can chop up the cranberries or leave them whole. I find

that

> people prefer them chopped and it seems to cook better when they

are

> chopped.

> I hope that this works out for you all.

> Stef

>