Cranberry Nut Bread II

Ingredients

• 1.5 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda 
• 3 tablespoons butter softened
• 1.5 cups confectioners' sugar 
• 1 cup cranberries quartered
• 1  eggs beaten
• 2 cups flour all-purpose sifted
• 1  juice of orange juiced
• 1 tablespoon milk 
• 1 tablespoon orange juice 
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 1 cup walnuts chopped
• 1 cup sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• wire rack
• loaf pan
• toothpicks
• measuring cup

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a loaf pan.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar.
3. In a 1-cup (or larger) measuring cup combine juice and zest of the orange, butter and enough boiling water to reach 3/4 cup. Stir into flour mixture. Fold in egg, walnuts and cranberries.
4. Pour batter into prepared pan.
5. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool loaf in the pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
6. To make the icing combine confectioners' sugar, butter, orange juice and milk; add more milk if necessary so that the icing is thin and slightly runny.
7. Drizzle over bread; allow icing to set before slicing.