Cranberry Streusel Loaf

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold
• 3/4 cup pecans, finely chopped
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons orange zest, minced
• 1 1/4 cups cranberries (fresh or frozen)
• 2/3 cup golden raisin

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f & grease a 9"x5" loaf pan.
• 2 for the streusel ~ in a bowl, combine sugar & flour, then cut in the butter until crumbly. stir in the pecans & set aside.
• 3 for the bread ~ in a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, allspice & salt.
• 4 in another bowl, whisk together the egg, orange jice, butter & zest, then stir this mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened. fold in the cranberries & raisins.
• 5 put half of the batter into the prepared loaf pan, then sprinkle that with half of the streusel. repeat layering.
• 6 bake 65-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 7 cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing the bread from the pan & putting it upright on the wire rack.