Holiday Orange-Blueberry Bread

Ingredients

• 3 c flour
• 12 tsp baking soda
• 12 c butter melted
• 1 Tbsp grated orange rind
• 34 c sugar
• 14 tsp salt
• 23 c orange juice
• 12 c chopped pecans
• 1 Tbsp baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 12 c milk
• 1 c blueberries

Directions

1. Sift dry ingredients together
2. Beat eggs
3. Add butter orange juice milk and orange rind
4. Mix well
5. Pour liquid mixture into dry ingredients and stir only until well moistened
6. Carefully fold in nuts and blueberries
7. Pour into 5 x 9-inch buttered and floured loaf pan
8. Bake at 350 approximately 60 minutes or until toothpick stuck in center comes out clean
9. Let set 10 minutes before removing from pan
10. Cool on rack
11. Wrap and refrigerate overnight before slicing