Cranberry-poppy Seed-orange Loaf

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 large oranges, zest of
• 2 cups soft whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup poppy seed
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup buttermilk or 1/2 cup milk
• 2 cups chopped fresh cranberries

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease and flour a large loaf pan.
• 3 cream the butter and work in the sugar, then beat in the egg and the orange zest.
• 4 mix the flour with the baking powder, the salt and the poppyseeds.
• 5 fold the flour into the sugar mixture alternately with the orange juice and the milk.
• 6 gently stir in the chopped cranberries.
• 7 scrape into the greased and floured loaf pan and bake at 350°f for 45 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• 8 if desired, it can instead be baked in a 9" square pan for 30 to 35 minutes.