The time of the foodening is at hand! Gorge on the flesh of big dumb birds! Eat weird crap your mom makes once a year! Pretend the pie your weird co-worker brings to the holiday potluck is not repulsive! If you have any good recipes, or cooking stories, share them. I’ll start us off with a cranberry bread recipe.
This recipe is from the delightful children’s book, Cranberry Thanksgiving, by Wende and Harry Devlin. If you have a kid, they can help you make it. It’s simple.
Cranberry Bread
(adapted from Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende and Harry Devlin)
INGREDIENTS
2 cups flour, sifted
1 cup sugar
1 1/2teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup butter
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon orange rind, grated
3/4 cup orange juice
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries, coarsely chopped
1 1/2 cups golden raisins
OR
Skip the raisins entirely and use 2 or 3 cups of cranberries
DIRECTIONS
Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda together.
Cut in 1/4 cup butter until mixture is crumbly.
Add egg, orange peel, and orange juice and mix until mixture is evenly moist.
Fold in raisins and cranberries.
Spoon into a greased 9 x 5 x 3 loaf pan.
Bake at 350°Farenheit for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until toothpick in center comes out clean.
Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack. Eat it for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning. Or Christmas morning. Or whenever.
