Whole Wheat Orange Loaf

I had a few oranges that had been lying at home for more than 2 weeks (luckily they did not spoil). I wanted to use them up and one evening I suddenly came up with this. This is a combination of the muffin and the raisin bread recipes on the blog. I wasn’t sure how it would come out so I made it with half the measure. I wasn’t planning to add any sweetener but the orange juice wasn’t sweet enough and I had to add some honey.

Ingredients

Whole wheat flour – 1 cup

Baking powder – 2 tsps

Orange zest – 1 heaped tsp

Orange juice (freshly squeezed or store bought) – ½ cup

Honey – ¼ cup

Oil – 2 tbsps

Dried cranberries – ¼ cup  (you could add raisins or maybe even candied ginger)

 

Method

Mix the flour and baking powder in a bowl. Add orange zest, orange juice and honey and mix well. Fold in the dried cranberries and bake in a greased loaf pan or muffin tray at 350⁰ F for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick/knife comes out clean. 

Note – A handheld grater works really well for zesting citrus. Make sure you don’t grate too hard else the white pith will make it bitter. The zest gives an added flavour to any dish. 


Recipe sent to http://foodssrilanka.blogspot.com/2011/09/love-your-food-dont-waste-it-new-event.html