Cranberry Walnut Quick Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• Zest of 1 orange
• 3/4 cup fresh orange juice
• 1 large egg
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 2 cups fresh cranberries, halved
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 tablespoon coarse sugar, for the top

Before you cook

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Grease a 9 by 5 inch loaf pan and line the bottom with parchment.
• Zest and juice the orange.
• Halve the cranberries with a knife.
• Chop the walnuts and melt the butter.

Steps

1. Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl.
2. Rub the orange zest into the dry ingredients with your fingertips.
3. Beat the orange juice, egg and melted butter together in a second bowl.
4. Pour the wet mixture into the dry and fold just until the flour disappears.
5. Fold in the halved cranberries and the walnuts.
6. Scrape the thick batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
7. Sprinkle the coarse sugar evenly across the surface.
8. Bake for 55 to 65 minutes, until the top is domed and split and a skewer comes out clean.
9. Cool the loaf in the pan for 20 minutes.
10. Turn it out onto a rack and cool it completely, then slice it thick.