Glazed Cranberry Orange Loaves

From Pampered Chef, I'll be making these this holiday season!

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 16

Ingredients

• Bread

• 3  cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  tablespoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
• 3⁄4 cup butter
• 1  orange
• 2  eggs
• 1 1⁄4 cups milk
• 1  cup dried cranberries
•  additional pecan halves (optional)

• Glaze

• 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar
• 1  tablespoon milk

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Lightly spray bottom of 4 mini loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
3. In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder.
4. Add chopped pecans.
5. Mix well and set aside.
6. In a small bowl, microwave butter on HIGH 45-60 seconds or until melted.
7. Zest orange to measure 1 tbsp of zest.
8. Juice orange to measure 1/4 Cup juice.
9. Add zest, juice, eggs and milk to butter; whisk until combined.
10. Add butter mixture to dry ingredients; mix just until dry ingredients are moistened.
11. Do not overmix.
12. Gently stir cranberries into batter.
13. Fill each well of the loaf pan with about 1 cup batter.
14. Top batter with additional pecan halves, if desired.
15. Bake 40-45 minutes or until Cake tester or wooden toothpick inserted in center of loaves comes out clean and tops are golden brown.
16. Cool in pan 5 minutes.
17. Loosen sides of loaves from pan; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
18. For glaze, mix powdered sugar and milk until smooth; drizzle evenly over cooled loaves.