Cranberry Pecan Bread

2 cups flour

1 1/4 cups sugar

 1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

3/4 cup fresh orange juice

2 TBSP butter melted

1 egg, beaten

2 cups ground fresh cranberries

3/4 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven 350 degrees. Place a piece of buttered parchment or brown paper on loaf pan bottom and butter sides of pan. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt together. In a separate bowl, combine orange juice, butter and egg. Mix this with flour mixture until just moistened.

Fold in ground cranberries and nuts, mix well. If it looks a little too thick add just a little more orange juice. Spoon into prepared loaf pan.

Bake for 1 hour. Take out of oven let sit for 10 minutes. Then turn bread out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.

Serve this with softened cream cheese