Dollar Cranberry Orange Nut Bread

This is a recipe I got from a thrifty living book at the library a few years ago when money was especially tight. The loaf comes out to about ninety cents, hence the name.

• Ready In: 1 hr 25 mins
• Yields: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• 2  cups flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2  tablespoons  melted butter
• 2  tablespoons hot water
• 1  cup sugar
• 1  egg, beaten
• 1  cup  chopped cranberries
• 1⁄2 cup  orange juice
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped  nuts
• 1  grated orange, zest of

Directions

1. Stir flour, salt, sugar, baking powder and soda together.
2. Add egg, juice, butter and 2 T hot water.
3. Add cranberries quickly.
4. Fold in nuts and rind.
5. Grease a loaf pan and bake at 325 F for 75 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.