Ingredients

• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 cup chopped cranberries
• 1 cup wheat flour
• 1 cup unbleached white flour
• 1/4 cup whole flax seeds
• 3/4 cup sucanat
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• Grated zest of one orange
• 1/4 cup coconut oil, room-temperature
• 1 egg, room-temperature and beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts (Optional. We prefer pecans, but walnuts are delicious as well!)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9" X 4" loaf pan.
2. Bring the orange juice to a boil the stovetop.
3. Remove from heat and stir in cranberries. Allow to cool as you continue the recipe.
4. Combine flours, flax seeds, sucanat, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and zest in a bowl.
5. Combine oil, eggs, and cooled juice/cranberry mixture.
6. Stir liquid into flour mixture until almost completely combined.
7. Fold in nuts.
8. Spoon batter into the prepared pan.
9. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 60 to 75 minutes.
10. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

Notes