Quick Orange Nut Bread
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 orange (rind and juice)
Boiling water
2 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup chopped walnuts
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a size (8 ½ by 4 ½ inch) loaf tin. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl.
- Grate the orange and squeeze the juice in a measuring cup. Add enough boiling water to make a cupful. Combine with the orange rind, melted butter, sugar, beaten egg, and vanilla in a bowl and stir until blended.
- Stir into the dry ingredients just until mixed. Add the nuts. Pour into the loaf tin.
- Bake 1 hour or until done.
- Turn onto a wire rack to cool.