Cranberry Pumpkin Nut Bread

that you too can paint like just Matisse by following this easy tutorial on painted pumpkins. 
http://alisaburke.blogspot.com/2012/09/finger-painted-pumpkins.html

tutorial on how carve this cat pumpkin
http://www.weather.com/family-kids/holidays-halloween/easy-halloween-crafts-20121004

no carve pumpkins-now these three are ones I could handle!

Tin Man

candy corn pumpkins

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Cranberry Pumpkin Nut Bread

Cook's notes: This bread is moist and quite flavorful with the added spices and cranberries.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter (softened) 
• 3/4 cups brown sugar 
• 3/4 cups white sugar 
• 2 large eggs 
• 1 cup unsweetened canned pumpkin not pumpkin pie filling
• 2 TB orange zest 
• 1/4 cup orange juice 
• 1 cup whole wheat flour 
• 1-1/4 cups white flour 
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder 
• 2 tsp. baking soda 
• 1/2 tsp. salt 
• 2 tsp. cinnamon 
• scant ground cloves 
• scant nutmeg 
• 1/2 tsp. ginger 
• 1 tsp. allspice 
• 1 cup chopped walnuts 
• 1 cup cranberries (coarsely chopped) 
• 2 TB. sugar

Directions:

• Preheat oven 350.
• Grease one large loaf pan or use two-three mini loaf pans.
• Toss coarsely chopped cranberries in 2 TB. sugar and set aside. 
• Cream butter, sugar and 1 egg. Add in second egg, pumpkin, orange zest and orange juice, beat all ingredients together. 
• In another bowl add flours, spices, baking soda, baking powder, and cranberries and nuts. 
• Add to pumpkin mixture but only stir to moisten ingredients. 
• Bake for 4o minutes or until center comes clean using a toothpick. 
• Cool in pan 10 minutes, invert to a cooling rack.