To all who learn and teach, and to all who are working during this holiday season in hospitals for the benefit of the ill and injured – blessings of the season.

Brandt Family Cranberry Bread (Traditional Christmas morning breakfast bread)

Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl:

• 2 cups  flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda

Combine in a Pyrex measuring cup:

• 2 Tblsp melted butter
• Juice and grated rind of one large orange

Fill with boiling water to make 3/4 cup then add to dry ingredients. Then add the following to the batter

• 1 egg
• 1 cup nuts (chopped walnuts)
• 1 cup raw cranberries (cut in half)

Bake in loaf pan (325° for metal pan, 300° for glass pan) for 1 hour

• Test with toothpick

 

 

If you are particularly motivated to bake and give some away to neighbors and friends multiplying by 9 is the key to easy measurement:

Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl:

1 5 lb bag  flour

1 4 lb bag sugar

1 1/2 tblsp salt

4 1/2 tblsp baking powder

1 1/2 tblsp baking soda

Combine in a Pyrex measuring cup:

1 1/8 cup melted butter  (2.25 sticks)

Juice and grated rind of nine large oranges

Fill with boiling water to make 6 3/4 cup then add to dry ingredients

Add 9 eggs

9 cup nuts (chopped walnuts) = 3 lbs

9 cup raw cranberries (cut in half) = 3 12 oz bags

Bake in loaf pans (325° for metal pan, 300° for glass pan) for 1 hour

Test with toothpick