Orange Cranberry Bread Recipe – Dessert for Two

Cranberry orange bread is full of recent cranberries, orange zest, crunchy pecans and drizzled with an orange glaze.

This recipe for Cranberry Orange Bread positive is particular!

Cranberry Orange Bread is a recipe straight from my Mother’s recipe information. It’s the type of recipe that I grew up on, however by no means observed how particular it was, till I used to be residing by myself and missed it! I requested my Mother to share her recipe, and naturally, I made just a few adjustments by including pecans and an orange glaze to make it even higher.

I like this cranberry orange bread as a result of it makes use of recent cranberries! In the course of the week of Thanksgiving, I all the time purchase just a few additional, and retailer them within the freezer for this fast bread all winter lengthy. It makes an superior breakfast as a result of the tart cranberries and crunchy pecans are so nice with the orange flavors from the zest and glaze.

Orange Cranberry Bread substances

• All-Function Flour. This can be a full-size loaf of bread, so it calls for two cups of all-purpose flour. The easiest way to measure your flour is to fluff it within the container, scoop it into the measuring cup, and degree it off with a knife. One cup of flour weighs between 120-130 grams every, if you want to bake by weight.
• Sugar. Common granulated sugar for this recipe.
• Baking Powder. We’re solely utilizing baking powder, not baking soda right this moment, as a result of we don’t need the bread to overly brown on prime.
• Contemporary Cranberries. We want 2 cups of chopped cranberries, which suggests you must chop them in half after which measure them. Chop a handful in half, add it to the measuring cup, and repeat till you have got 2 cups value of halved cranberries.
• Pecans. Nuts are all the time non-compulsory in my recipes, and I actually just like the crunch of ½ cup of pecans within the batter.
• Eggs. Two giant eggs, crushed in a separate bowl earlier than being added to the batter.
• Milk. I all the time bake with complete milk. Including milk to a bread dough makes the ultimate consequence extra tender and delicate, which is why muffin and fast bread recipes usually comprise milk, whereas chewy cookies don’t.
• Vanilla Extract. Actual vanilla pure extract.
• Butter. We can be melting half a stick of butter (4 tablespoons), so no have to deliver the butter to room temperature.
• Contemporary Navel Orange. Attempt to discover a big, heavy navel orange with a vivid orange rind. Wash it very properly, after which zest all of it and juice it. We are going to use 2 tablespoons of the juice for the bread, and the remaining for the glaze after baking.
• Powdered Sugar. A small quantity of powdered sugar (additionally referred to as confectioner’s sugar) to make the glaze on the bread. The frosting on the cranberry orange bread is non-compulsory, but it surely actually comprises plenty of orange taste, so I don’t skip it.

Cranberry Orange Bread Recipe notes

For those who’ve made a fast bread in a loaf pan earlier than, you’ll discover this batter to be thicker than others. Whereas some fast breads have a skinny, runny batter, this bread batter is stuffed with a lot stuff that it tends to be on the thicker aspect. Plus, the recent cranberries soften and launch juices within the oven, so the bread can have loads of moisture whereas baking, I promise! 

Second factor about this bread is that slicing this many recent cranberries in half is a bit tedious, however I promise it’s definitely worth the effort! I do have a trick to make it sooner, although. If in case you have two plastic deli lids leftover from the olive bar at a grocery retailer, you’ll be able to pile as many cranberries between two of them as you’ll be able to. Then, press your hand gently on the highest of the lids, and reduce the cranberries in half . If that sounds difficult, simply reduce every cranberry in half whereas listening to an ideal podcast.

The third factor about this cranberry bread is that it makes use of my ‘muffin methodology’ for tremendous tender outcomes. Whereas most cookie and cake recipes name for mixing moist and dry substances individually earlier than combining, this recipe requires the sugar (a moist ingredient) to be combined in with the flour. This step ends in an excellent delicate crumbed bread. This bread melts in your mouth!

The way to make cranberry orange bread:

1. Whisk collectively the flour, sugar, and baking powder. Then stir within the cranberries and pecans. Coating the cranberries and pecans in flour helps them from sinking to the underside of the bread whereas it bakes.
   
2. Subsequent, in a separate bowl, whisk collectively the eggs, milk, orange juice and zest, vanilla,  and melted butter.
   
3. Mix the 2 mixtures, however word will probably be a stiff batter. Scrape it in into the pan and bake till a toothpick inserted comes out dry with just a few moist crumbs clinging to it.
   
4. Whereas the bread cools, make the glaze utilizing the remainder of the orange juice and a little bit of powered sugar. Drizzle it on prime after the bread cools, after which slice and serve.

The way to serve this recipe for Cranberry Orange Bread

The easiest way to create neat, clear slices is to let the bread cool fully earlier than slicing. Use a serrated knife and reduce skinny ¾-1-inch slices. Serve on a plate with tea or espresso.

Orange Cranberry Bread storage

Let the bread cool fully, wrap in two layers of plastic wrap, place in a storage bag and preserve within the fridge. It should preserve for as much as 1 week this fashion. It’s also possible to freeze for as much as 3 months. I like to recommend slicing earlier than freezing. Thaw in fridge in a single day.

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Extra cranberry recipes you will love

For those who love baking with recent cranberries, strive my chocolate cranberry muffins, cranberry orange pavlova, leftover cranberry sauce bars, and crockpot cranberry sauce.

For dried cranberries, you have to make my small batch white chocolate cranberry cookies or my cranberry orange cookies!