Cranberry Pecan Breadstuff Amongst Fresh Cranberries; Meatless Monday

Remember that purse of cranberries I cause got been cooking amongst lately?? Well that purse of fresh cranberries is non done yet! So, I decided to seek and make some cranberry pecan bread!

Breads are non solely slowly to make, it tastes dandy together with well-nigh importantly, my kids, colleagues everyone likes it! It is besides much healthier compared to cakes. So less locomote together with much healthier. You tin consume it every bit a dessert or every bit a snack amongst a loving cup of tea or coffee.It came out absolutely delicious! Do seek it if you lot locomote a chance!

Servings: makes i ix x v loaf

Ingredients:

Flour: 2 cups
Butter: 2 tbsp
Sugar: 1 cup
Egg: 1, good beaten ( Mix 1 tbsp flaxmeal amongst three tbsp H2O for vegetarians).
Baking powder: 1 1/2 tsp
Baking soda: 1/2 tsp
Yogurt: 1 cup
Orange zest: 1 tbsp
Salt: 1/4 tsp
Fresh cranberries, chopped: 1 1/2 cups
Chopped pecans: 1/2 cup

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 deg F.

Grease a ix x v loaf pan together with come about aside.

Cream butter together with sugar, until creamy.

Add the beaten eggs, yogurt, vanilla essence, orangish zest,salt, baking pulverization together with baking soda together with mix well. Do non over mix.

Now mix inwards the flour piddling at a fourth dimension together with mix until good blended.

Add inwards the chopped cranberries

together with pecans together with mix gently.

Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan . Place it on the middle rack of the oven together with bake for 45 minutes .

At the terminate of 45 minutes if it is nevertheless moisture inwards the center, embrace a slice of foil on overstep of the breadstuff together with bake for 10 to a greater extent than minutes.

Take it out of the oven together with allow it cool inwards the loaf pan for 10-15 minutes earlier taking it out of the pan.

After this time, accept it out of the loaf pan together with allow it cool downward completely on a cooling rack earlier slicing it; to a greater extent than or less 1 hour.

Eat it every bit a snack amongst some hot tea or every bit a salubrious dessert!

I am bringing this to Selma , the gracious co-hosts volition appreciate the extra nutrient considering the crowd!

Enjoy!

Cooking made easy:

There are 2 means to grease baking pans together with trays. One, is applying butter/oil to the pan/ tray together with and thus sprinkling some flour on top. Overturn the pan over the sink to locomote rid of the excess flour. The 2nd means to practice it is to liberally spray a non-stick spray on the pan/tray!

Tip for salubrious living:

Pecans are salubrious together with brand for a dandy snack. They are extremely nutrient-dense together with are rich inwards mono saturated obese acids similar oleic acid together with an first-class origin of phenolic antioxidants. They are besides rich inwards minerals similar manganese, potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc together with selenium. They are a dandy origin of B-complex vitamins.
References:
http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/health-benefits-almonds-pecans-walnuts-5872.html
http://foodfacts.mercola.com/pecans.html
http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/pecans.html

Food for thought:

To hold upward prepared is one-half the victory. Miguel de Cervantes