Cranberry Orange Bread (or muffins)

Photo by Someone who will never be a food photographer

I've made many subpar recipes lately, including a failed attempt at baked pumpkin donuts earlier this evening. When faced with deformed baked goods that I couldn't possibly bring to my son's preschool tomorrow, I decided to go to an old, delicious standby from my late grandmother's recipe book. Always a good thing.

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients:
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
(above are supposed to be sifted together, which I do and my mom does not do)
1 orange
2 Tbsp melted butter
1 egg (very well beaten)
1 cup cranberries (cut into 1/2 or 1/4)
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

1 loaf, 24 mini muffins

Directions

*Put juice and grated rind of one orange in a cup. Add 2 T melted butter. Add boiling water to fill to 3/4 cup.

*Stir in dry ingredients.

*Add well-beaten egg.

*Add nuts (optional).

*Fold in cranberries.

Bake in greased loaf pan (recipe says to line the bottom in a brown paper bag, but that's not entirely necessary) for 1 hour at 350º.
OR make muffins and start checking the oven at about 20 mins for mini muffins, a bit longer for regular muffins.

1.5 hours