Cranberry Orange Bread
Healthy Christmas Recipe
By Fitness and Freebies
This recipe creates a tender, moist and naturally sweet cranberry bread while keeping fat and calories down to a minimum.
Recipe Ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
1/4 cup spoonable sugar substitute
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
3/4 cup fat free milk
3/4 cup egg substitute or 3 whole eggs
1/3 cup orange juice
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1/2 cup chopped cranberries, fresh or frozen (thawed)
1/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Recipe Directions
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.
In large bowl, combine flour, oats, sugar or sweetener, baking powder, baking soda and salt; mix well. In medium bowl, combine milk, egg substitute, orange juice, oil and orange peel; blend well. Add to dry ingredients all at once; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. (Do not overmix.) Stir in cranberries and nuts. Pour batter into pan.
Bake 60 to 70 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely. Store tightly wrapped.
Recipe makes 1 Loaf Low-Sugar, Low Fat Cranberry Orange Bread.
Nutrition information per serving:
Yield: 16 servings
Calories: 130;
Fat: 4g;
Saturated Fat: 0.5g;
Cholesterol: 0mg;
Sodium: 80mg;
Fiber: 1g;
Protein: 4g;
Carbohydrates: 20g;
Exchanges: 1 Starch, 1 Fat, 1/2 Fruit
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Christmas Fact
Originally, Christmas decorations were home-made paper flowers, or apples, biscuits, and sweets. The earliest decorations to be bought came from Nuremburg in Germany, a city famous for the manufacture of toys.
