Tasty Tuesday: Pumpkin Cranberry Loaf

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For Thanksgiving I tried out a recipe I'd never made before. I'd bought these cute little loaf pans from Michaels, but unfortunately they were more novelty than practical and the dessert I made in them didn't exactly turn out exactly as I'd hoped. Of the three I made, only one turned out, but apparently it was delicious which made me quite proud. So without further ado, here is the yummy recipe for pumpkin cranberry loaf!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp cloves
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 egg
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
• zest of one orange
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup orange, juice
• 1 1/2 cups cranberries, fresh or frozen

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325ºF.
2. Sift together flour, baking soda and powder, salt and spices and set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, and stir in pumpkin purée, orange zest and vanilla. Stir in orange juice. Add dry ingredients in additions and blend just until incorporated. Fold in cranberries.
4. Spoon batter into loaf pan and bake in center of oven for 60 to 75 minutes until a tester inserted into the loaf comes out clean. Allow to cool before slicing.

I did mine in a small ceramic loaf pan and it took slightly longer than the indicated cooking time here.

What dessert did you make for Thanksgiving?

As seen on the Food Network show Sugar.

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