Everything wonderful about the cooler months in one sweet loaf - warm spices, bright citrus, crunchy pecans and sweet-tart cranberries!
Course Bread
Cuisine American
Keyword Cranberries, Pecans, Quick Bread
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 55 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour5 minutesminutes
Servings 12Slices
Author Elizabeth at thewildolive.org
Ingredients
1/2cupbutter
1cupsugar
2eggs
1tsp.vanilla
4drops orange oil OR 1 Tbsp orange zest
2cupsflour
1 ½ tspApple Pie Spice Blend OR spices listed belowsee recipe in post
½ tspcinnamon
¼ tspcardamom
¼ tspground ginger
¼ tspground nutmeg
¼ tspallspice
1/4tspbaking soda
1/2tspbaking powder
1/4tspsalt
3/4cupbuttermilk
3/4cupfresh or frozen cranberrieseach cut in half, then thawed
1/2cupchopped toasted pecans
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350; grease and flour 9” x 5” loaf pan. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar 3 minutes on medium speed. Beat in vanilla, orange oil/zest; beat in eggs, one at a time. Combine flour, spices, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk and mix on low till almost combined. Fold in pecans and cranberries. Bake loaf 55 mins or until tests done. Cool loaf in pan 15 minutes, then tip out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Check out my recipe for Apple Pie Spice Blend and two other baking spice blends - Pumpkin Pie Spice and Chai Spice