Pumpkin Cranberry Bread

Ingredients

3 Cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 ½ teaspoon salt
3 cups granulated sugar
1can pure pumpkin
4 large eggs
1cup vegetable oil
½ cup orange juice or water
1 cup sweetened dried, fresh or frozen cranberries

Preheat oven to 350º F. Grease and flour two 9x5 inch loaf pans. Combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Combine sugar, pumpkin, eggs, vegetable oil and orange juice in large mixer bowl; beat until just blended. Add pumpkin mixture to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. Fold in the cranberries, Spook batter into prepared loaf pans. Bake 60 – 65 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks for10 minutes; remove wire racks to cool completely. Makes 2 loaves.