It’s that time of year again – cranberries are back! Well, technically, I had been hoarding these cranberries in the freezer since last Christmas. I made the bread, we ate it, and we all lived to tell the tale. So that means this year I’m hoarding ten bags for next year, thank you very much!
My friend Sebastian came over a few weeks ago and brought a few camera toys to play with from his job at Nikon. He brought a 40 mm lens and a remote flash and both have now been added to my Christmas list. I thought I was opposed to flash, but then the sun started setting at 4pm and I reconsidered.
So we’d have something festive to play with, I made whole wheat cranberry bread, adapted from this recipe. It’s a very simple recipe and has just the right amount of orange flavor and no oil, which is my usual gripe with quick bread recipes. I used only 3/4 cup of sugar, and replaced half of the flour with coarse ground whole wheat flour (because I ran out of regular flour but I liked how nutty the whole wheat tasted!).
Are you feeling festive yet? The Christmas lights have been on in Dublin since mid-November, so I feel like we’ve been on the verge of festive for weeks. With Thanksgiving over, now it can really begin!
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