Grace's Grand Marnier Cranberry Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 12 teaspoons baking powder
• 12 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 orange (juice and grated rind)
• 2 tablespoons butter (melted)
• 4 ounces candied cherries
• 1 egg (well-beaten)
• 12 cup pecans (chopped)
• 2 cups fresh cranberries (halved)
• 12 cup Grand Marnier
• 2 teaspoons superfine sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350. lightly grease a 9X5X3 loafpan.
2. In med bowl, sift together first 5 dry ingredients.
3. Combine orange juice and rind, butter (adding enough water to make 3/4 cup liquid) and stir in egg.
4. Mix together with flour mixture until moist.
5. Fold in cherries, nuts and cranberries.
6. Put mixture into loafpan and bake for 50-60 minutes.
7. Cool.
8. Disolve sugar into Grand Marnier.
9. Romove loaf from pan and pour liqid into pan.
10. Return loaf to pan.
11. Refrigerate overnight.
12. Slice and serve when ready.