Cranberry Orange Bread
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4.7
Cranberry Orange Bread
Description
This bread starts by coating cranberries with flour to keep them suspended evenly during baking. Dry ingredients—flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt—are mixed, then combined gently with wet ingredients including eggs, milk, orange juice, orange zest, and melted butter to form a batter with some lumps. The cranberries are folded in carefully to avoid breaking them. The batter is poured into a greased or sprayed loaf pan and baked for 45 to 60 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean, indicating doneness.
The finished bread offers a soft crumb showcasing bits of tart cranberry balanced by sweet and fragrant orange. It is best sliced with a serrated knife to avoid squishing. The bread stores well wrapped at room temperature for a few days, refrigeration extends freshness, and freezing up to three months is possible when wrapped tightly. Reheating frozen slices briefly at moderate oven heat refreshes the loaf. The orange glaze made from powdered sugar and orange juice with zest is drizzled on top after cooling to add a sweet finish.
Ingredients
Cranberries
- 1½ cups cranberries fresh or frozen, roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
Quick Bread
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 large egg
- ¼ cup milk
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- ¼ cup butter unsalted and melted
Orange Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 tablespoon orange juice
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
Instructions
Make The Cranberry Orange Bread
- Preheat your oven to 350°F. Spray a 8.5 x 4.5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- Sprinkle a teaspoon of flour over the cranberries and mix; set aside. This will prevent the cranberries from sinking to the bottom of the bread. If using frozen cranberries, no need to thaw them out.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt together.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, orange juice, orange zest and melted butter.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix using a whisk or a hand mixer, but do not overmix. Once there are no more large lumps, stop stirring. Gently fold in the prepared cranberries into the batter.
- Evenly distribute the batter into the prepared pan and transfer it to the preheated oven. Bake the bread for about 45 minutes to 1 hour. To test if the bread is done, insert a toothpick into the center of the bread and if it comes out clean, the bread is done, otherwise continue baking. Allow the bread to cool completely in the pan.
Make The Orange Glaze
- In a medium size bowl, combine all the orange glaze ingredients together and whisk until well incorporated. Start with a tablespoon of orange juice and and more until desired consistency. The glaze should be pourable.
- Finally, generously drizzle orange glaze over the bread, slice and serve.
Notes
- Grease or spray the pan thoroughly to prevent sticking.
- Gently fold wet and dry ingredients; lumps in batter are normal for quick bread.
- Test doneness with a clean toothpick before removing from oven.
- Use a serrated knife to slice for clean cuts without compressing the bread.
- Store wrapped at room temperature up to 3 days or refrigerate up to 6 days.
- Freeze wrapped tightly for up to 3 months; thaw and reheat at 350°F until warm before serving.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 10Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 243 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1slice | |
| Calories | 243kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 45g | 15% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.5g | 3% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 50mg | 17% |
| Sodium | 190mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 115mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 28g | 56% |
| Vitamin A | 232IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 8mg | 9% |
| Calcium | 39mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.7
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