Grace's Grand Marnier Cranberry Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 orange (juice and grated rind)
• 2 tablespoons butter (melted)
• 4 ounces candied cherries
• 1 egg (well-beaten)
• 1/2 cup pecans (chopped)
• 2 cups fresh cranberries (halved)
• 1/2 cup grand marnier
• 2 teaspoons superfine sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350. lightly grease a 9x5x3 loafpan.
• 2 in med bowl, sift together first 5 dry ingredients. combine orange juice and rind, butter (adding enough water to make 3/4 cup liquid) and stir in egg. mix together with flour mixture until moist. fold in cherries, nuts and cranberries.
• 3 put mixture into loafpan and bake for 50-60 minutes. cool.
• 4 disolve sugar into grand marnier. romove loaf from pan and pour liqid into pan. return loaf to pan. refrigerate overnight. slice and serve when ready.