Sherry-Spiced Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
4 eggs
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/3 cup Sherry
1/3 cup water
1 ½ cup brown sugar
1 ½ cup granulated sugar
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
Dash salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup dried cranberries

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
2. In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, butter, water, sherry and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices. Stir the dry ingredients and cranberries into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.
3. Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

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1 Orange
Boiling Water
2 Tbs. butter (unsalted)
1 Egg
1/3 C. Dark Brown Sugar
2/3 C. Granulated Sugar
1 ½ C. Cranberries, chopped
1/4 C. Dried Cranberries
1 C. Whole Wheat Flour
1 C. White All-Purpose Flour
1 ½ tsp. Baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp ginger

Glaze: (optional)
orange zest
1/4 tsp orange extract
powdered sugar
1 tbs milk


Preheat oven to 325. Butter a loaf pan. Grate the rind of the orange, and squeeze the juice into a measuring cup, adding enough boiling water to make ¾ cup of liquid. Add the orange rind and the butter, stir to melt. Beat the egg in another bowl and gradually add the sugar, beating well. Add remaining ingredients and orange mixture, blend well. Spoon into pan and bake for one hour. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.

While bread is cooling, mix the ingredients for the glaze together, adding confectioner's sugar until you have a thick but liquidy glaze. Drizzle over top of loaf and allow to set before serving.