Cranberry Orange Bread

A sweet treat to serve during the holiday season!

Cooking spray
3/4 cup pecan halves, shells removed
1/3 cup whole cranberries
1/2 cup unsalted butter, soft
2/3 cup sugar
Zest from 1/2 an orange
3 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Lightly spray an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.

3. To a food processor insert a metal blade and pulse to coarsely chop pecan halves, and then add cranberries and continue to pulse.

4. Now to a stand up mixer add butter, sugar, zest from an orange, eggs and vanilla.

5. Now to a separate bowl add flour, baking powder and salt.

6. Add this flour mixture to the stand up mixer in 3 additions.

7. Add buttermilk in 2 additions.

8. Now fold the cranberry and pecan mixture into the batter.

9. Transfer batter to prepared pan.

10. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 55 to 60 minutes.

11. Cool in pan on a wire rack.

Recipe and video provided courtesy of HolidayKitchen.tv.