Polka dot quick bread
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients:
- 2 c Cranberries; fresh or frozen
- 1 c Milk
- 1 ea Egg; lg slightly beaten
- 1/4 c Butter; melted
- 1 ts Orange peel; grated
- 2 c Unbleached flour
- 1 c Sugar
- 1 ts Baking powder
- 1/2 ts Salt
- 1 1/2 c Cheddar; md shredded
- 1/2 c Walnuts; coarsely chopped
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. then grease a 9 X 5-inch loaf pan; set aside. Cut the cranberries in half and set aside in a small bowl. In a medium bowl combine the milk egg butter and orange peel and set aside. Sift the flour sugar baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Add the halved cranberries cheese and nuts. Toss with a fork to distribute. Add the milk mixture all at once and stir the flour mixture until just moistened. Turn into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes in the preheated oven or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes then remove from the pan. Cool to room temperature on the wire rack before slicing.
