I try to make something for friends and teachers each year.  This year I am making Cranberry-Orange Bread and Christmas Jam.  I spent some time baking bread Sunday and the jam was done on Monday.  I wrap the bread in cling film and freeze it before I give it away.

The recipe I use for the bread comes from the old 1989 Betty Crocker Cookbook that I got the year we were married.  It is a miracle the book is still intact as much as I have used it over the last 28 years.  Note that I have stains in several places on that page.  I have clearly made this recipe more than once.  LOL  You can find the exact recipe I used here if you don’t have that cookbook… but I recommend you find it sometime.  It is a very valuable basic cookbook full of great recipes.