Aronia Orange Bread

"Bread making is one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony. It leaves you filled with one of the world's sweetest smells... there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel. that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread.” ― M.F.K. Fisher, The Art of Eating

Ingredients

• 2 C. Flour

• ½ C. Sugar

• ½ t. Baking Soda

• ½ t. Salt

• 2 t. Butter, melted

• 1 Lg Egg (slightly beaten)

• 1 t. Vanilla or almond extract

• 1 C. Frozen or fresh Aronia Berries coarsely chopped

• 1 Med Orange

• Few Walnuts

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9 x 5 loaf pan with cooking spray. Line with Parchment paper that has been sprayed.

• Mix flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt together in large bowl

• Grate the zest from the orange and set aside.

• Cut the orange in half and squeeze the juice into a measuring cup. Add the grated zest and melted butter to the juice and add enough orange juice to make 1 C.

• Stir the liquids into the dry ingredients. Add the egg, extract, walnuts and Aronia Berries; stir to mix.

• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 Hr or until golden brown. Cool in pan and remove to wire rack. Now enjoy the tasty Aronia Orange Bread with your family

• Note: 80 calories/ 17 gram carbohydrate