Orange Prune Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup pitted prune
• water, to cover prune
• 2 large eggs
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
• 1 teaspoon orange extract
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup chopped nuts

Recipe

• 1 cover prunes with water and cook until tender.drain and reserve 1/2 cup prune water.
• 2 cool prunes, then dice.
• 3 in a bowl, beat eggs slightly with fork and add oil, sugar, orange peel, extract and reserved prune water and orange juice -- mix well.
• 4 add flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon.add nuts and diced prunes.
• 5 stir only enough to moisten ingredients.
• 6 grease and flour a 9x5" loaf pan.
• 7 pour batter into pan and bake in 350* oven for 55-60 minutes or until it tests done when wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 8 cool in pan 10 minutes.
• 9 remove from pan to rack and cool completely before slicing.