How to make Cranberry Orange Bread

Ingredients
Cooking spray
3/4 cup of pecan halves, shells removed
1/3 cup of dried cranberries
1/2 cup of unsalted butter, melted
2/3 cup of sugar
3 strips of orange zest, bitter white pith removed
3 large eggs
1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups of unbleached all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup of buttermilk

Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
2. Lightly spray an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
3. To a food processor, insert a metal blade and pulse to coarsely chop the pecan halves. Add the cranberries and continue to pulse.
4. Now to a stand up mixer add butter, sugar, orange zest, eggs and vanilla.
5. Now to a seprate bowl add flour, baking powder and salt.
6. Add this flour mixture to the stand up mixer in 3 additions.
7. Add the buttermilk in 2 additions.
8. Now fold the cranberry and pecan mixture into the batter.
9. Transfer the batter to a prepared pan.
10. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 55-60 minutes.
11. Cool in a pan on a wire rack.