Recipe for Cranberry-Orange Bread

Cranberries can:

1. Improve the body's circulatory system.
2. A daily glass of cranberry juice will treat diseases like cystitis.
3. Provide relief for asthma patients.
4. Condensed tannins in cranberries can inhibit the oxidation of bad cholesterol and as a result protects body against atheroscelrosis.
5. Tannins are also considered an important contributor to a healthy heart.
6. Acts as bactericide and affects the acidity of the urine. In effect, it disrupts the development of kidney stone formation.

I always buy a few extra bags of fresh cranberries when they are available in the fall to freeze for use later in the spring. My favorite treat is cranberry orange bread -- I like to bake it in mini loaves and freeze it. Quick breads freeze well -- so you can give away or keep extras as you want.

Cranberry-Orange Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 tblsp vegetable oil
• hot water
• 1/2 cup unsweetened orange juice
• 1/2 tblsp orange peel, grated
• Ener-G Egg Replacer for 1 egg
• 1 cup cranberries (fresh or frozen)
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)

Directions

• Preheat oven at 375 F.
• Grease and flour loaf pan or lightly oil the pan and line with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients (flour, vegan sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda).
• In a small bowl, add walnuts, cranberries and 1/2 cup of dry mixture to coat the nuts and berries.
• In a measuring cup, add oil and top-up with hot water to make 3/4 cup.
• In a medium bowl, mix oil/water mixture, orange juice, orange peel and Ener-G Egg Replacer.
• Combine liquid mixture to dry mixture (don't overmix!). Fold in nuts and berries.
• Bake for 1 hour.