Thanksgiving Treats: Orange Cranberry Bread

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grease the bottom and sides of a loaf pan with butter or lightly spray with cooking oil. Sprinkle all purpose flour over the butter/oil. Turn the loaf pan upside down and gently tap with your hand, removing any excess flour.

Mix the flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. In a second bowl, combine the eggs, vegetable oil, orange juice, and orange peel. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, one cup at a time until well combined.

Chop the cranberries into quarters if you want smaller chunks, or halves for larger pieces. Add the cranberry pieces and chopped walnuts to the bread mixture. After mixing the ingredients, pour the dough into the loaf pan and bake for 60 minutes. Test the doneness by inserting a toothpick in the center. The bread is done when the toothpick comes out cleanly.