Quick breads are one of the easiest things to make in the whole damn world. First, they dont take the time, attention, or knowledge that a regular cake would take AND they dont require the kneading, waiting, more waiting, more punching etc. that regular bread requires. Therefore, they are one of our favorite things to make for holiday breakfasts when youve already gained three pounds and the limit for your waistline apparently does not exist.

Good news: this has fruit in it, so its sorta healthy. Yay!

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups flour
  • cup white sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • tsp salt
  • tsp baking soda
  • cup butter, cut into small pieces so like obviously it isnt too warm
  • cup fresh squeezed orange juice if you cant get fresh, use something like almost fresh
  • 2 tbsps grated orange zest see if you used fresh juice youd have this shit on hand, wouldnt you?
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 cup chopped cranberries dont say you cant find them cause its the holidays and theyre literally all over the produce section
  • cup chopped pecans

Per usual, preheat the oven to 350F and grease a loaf pan. If you dont know what that is, look it up. It should be like 8.5×4.5.

In a biggish bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Stir in the butter till its sorta combined, then add in the orange juice, orange zest, and egg. Stir that shit until it comes together nicely. GENTLY fold in the cranberries and pecans.

Spoon your gooey batter into the greased loaf pan and bake for like an hour, hour and ten minutes. Its done when a knife inserted into the center comes out clean, fucking duh. Take out and cool in the pan for like 15 minutes THEN you can remove from the pan completely.

Serve with coffee and mimosas.

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