Orange Marmalade Bread

From Gooseberry Patch's Christmas in the Country

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Yields: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1⁄2 cup margarine, softened
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2  eggs
• 10  ounces orange marmalade
• 2 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup  orange juice
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped walnuts or 1⁄2 cup  chopped pecans

Directions

1. Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
2. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
3. Blend in marmalade and set mixture aside.
4. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
5. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture alternately with orange juice; stir in nuts.
6. Pour into a greased and floured 9x5" loaf pan.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour or until toothpick tests clean.
8. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan.