Ingredients

• 2¾ C flour
• ⅔ C granulated (white) sugar
• ⅔ C brown sugar (packed)
• 2 C chopped or crushed cranberries. Fresh and frozen are both OK.
• 1 large apple, peeled and chopped
• 1 large orange, zested and juiced
• 3½ tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 large egg
• 1 C milk
• 3 Tbsp canola oil

Directions

• Peel and chop the apple.
• Zest the orange, then juice the orange, adding the juice to the chopped apple.
• Crush or coarsely chop the cranberries. Mashing them between two cutting boards works pretty well. Add to the apple pieces.
• Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and orange zest in a large mixing bowl.
• Whisk the egg, milk, and oil into the bowl, stirring just until blended.
• Fold in the fruit and orange juice.
• Pour into two greased 4x8 inch loaf pans, or four greased mini-loaf pans.
• Bake at 350F for 50 minutes, until golden brown and delicious, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Let cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to cool on a wire rack.

You can frost these with an orange-flavored frosting if you desire (sprinkle some extra orange zest over the frosting if you do), but we like them plain, or with a little butter.

Frosting ingredients (optional)

• 1 C confectioners (powdered) sugar
• 3 Tbsp orange juice
• ½ tsp orange zest
• 1 tsp Cointreau, Triple Sec, or orange oil

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