Cranberry Orange Loaf – A wonderfully easy and delicious recipe filled with cranberries and orange juice.  Plus a great gift basket idea featuring Dunkin’ Donuts® Coffee!

Today I have to tell you all about two of my latest obsessions.  First up…cranberry and orange.  Where has this been all my life?  I tried this for the first time last year, and there is a reason they are paired together.  Tart cranberries go great with the sweet citrus orange flavor.  I first found a muffin recipe in a family cookbook last year, and I was intrigued that the recipe called for very little butter and 3/4 cup of orange juice.  And I must say…I am so glad I made them.  The whole batter is filled with the most wonderful orange flavor, and it goes perfectly with the cranberries.  I need to remember there is a reason certain foods are born to go together.

My second obsession lately…well really not lately…more like for years now…is coffee.  I heart coffee.  I love it in the morning, in the afternoon, and even at night.  There is nothing more comforting than coffee…the smell, the warmth, the whole vibe it brings.  I never pass up a chance for a cup of coffee.  To me, it represents one of those small and simple joys in life.  The chance to relax and plan the day ahead or wind down after a long day.  It’s in these simple moments where I usually find the most appreciation for everything.  That is what coffee does for me.  I heart coffee.

And I love finding a good coffee.  It makes the whole experience even better.  Dunkin’ Donuts® has become on of my new favs.  I find it at Walmart.  And I decided to put together a cute gift basket that makes the perfect gift for a teacher, a coworker, or a neighbor.  I know when I was a teacher, I loved getting anything coffee related.  Like I said, coffee makes me happy.

This gift basket includes a couple Mini Cranberry Orange Loaves, Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies, Dunkin’ Donuts® Original Blend Coffee, a cute coffee tumbler, peppermint sticks, and some Christmas measuring spoons.  There are really so many different things you add to a coffee gift basket.  It’s super easy to put together and customize to the person’s tastes.

To dress up the basket a little, I just added some deco-mesh and wrapped up the loaves in some cute baker’s twine.  The little jar came with a perfect tag.  The cookies are from this recent post.  I made mini versions by just measuring out 1/2 teaspoonfuls of dough.  And fyi, these are the easiest homemade cookies I’ve ever made in my entire cookie-making life 🙂

I finished off the loaves with a little sprinkling sugar too.  I just love how pretty they look when all finished and packaged up.  I know you will love this recipe!

If you’d like to get a coupon to buy some Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee for your own gift basket, go HERE to do so.  Plus you can see more Dunkin’ Donuts products available at Walmart HERE.

Mini Cranberry Orange Loaves

Yield: 4 mini loaves

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Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 3 tsp. baking powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• zest of 1 orange (about 1 tbsp)
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1 egg
• 1 cup fresh cranberries, chopped
• sprinkling sugar (found with sprinkles)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Whisk flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a large bowl.
3. Add orange juice, zest, melted butter, and egg. Whisk until just combined. Fold in cranberries. Spray 4 mini loaf pans with cooking spray. Fill loaf pans with batter until 2/3 full. Top each with a sprinkle of sugar. Bake for 22-24 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool a few minutes and remove to a cooling rack to finish cooling.

Notes

This recipe can also be baked in a large loaf pan. Bake for about 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown and center is set.

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Howdy folks!  Hope you all had a fun Halloween weekend.  Ours was slightly drenched, but the kids managed to have a lot of fun despite the rain.  You can see from this post on Instagram.  We all piled into our van and drove around the neighborhood to let the kids run out to a few houses to trick or treat.  We hardly had any trick-or-treaters due to the gully-washer we had on Saturday.  But the kiddos still had a fun time.  I think it will be a Halloween they will remember for quite a while!

So today I wanted to share my family’s banana bread recipe.  I’ve made it forever, but I never blogged it thinking most people had a favorite recipe.  Plus, the internet is pretty saturated with banana bread recipes.  However, I still try to keep my blog true to who I am…and that is a person who adores older family recipes.  Sure, I often share other stuff like fun burgers, sandwiches, wraps, and pizzas, but my most favorite and popular posts are classic recipes like this one.

This banana bread recipe starts out with butter rather than vegetable oil.  It’s my favorite go-to thing to make with ripe bananas.  In fact, I kind of get excited when my bananas don’t get eaten, so I can make this!  I love it for breakfast too!

I also wanted to share a quick sifting tip with you guys.  I like to use a large mesh strainer on top of a piece of parchment, which has been creased with a line.  All you need to do is dump your dry ingredients in the strainer and shake them onto the parchment.  Then carefully pick up the sides of the parchment and pour the dry ingredients into your wet ingredients in your mixing bowl.  It is so much faster than using one of those old sifters.

I also add some pecans, which are my personal favorite.  I keep it simple and classic.  I do hope you’ll try it!

Banana Bread

Yield: 12 slices

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Ingredients

• 3 ripe bananas
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 stick butter, softened
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 beaten eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a loaf pan with cooking oil spray.
2. Cream butter, sugar, eggs, and salt together with a mixer.
3. Add sifted* flour and baking soda. Beat well until combined.
4. Mash bananas.
5. Add mashed bananas, vanilla, and pecans. Beat until combined.
6. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake 1 hour or until center is mostly set.

Notes

*See sifting method in post.

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