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 kind of recipe that I grew up on, however by no means seen how particular it was, till I used to be dwelling by myself and missed it! I requested my Mother to share her recipe, and naturally, I made a couple of modifications 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! Through the week of Thanksgiving, I all the time purchase a couple of further, 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. One of the best ways to measure your flour is to fluff it within the container, scoop it into the measuring cup, and stage it off with a knife. One cup of flour weighs between 120-130 grams every, if you need to bake by weight.
• Sugar. Common granulated sugar for this recipe.
• Baking Powder. We’re solely utilizing baking powder, not baking soda as we speak, as a result of we don’t need the bread to overly brown on prime.
• Recent Cranberries. We want 2 cups of chopped cranberries, which suggests it’s essential chop them in half after which measure them. Chop a handful in half, add it to the measuring cup, and repeat till you’ve got 2 cups price of halved cranberries.
• Pecans. Nuts are all the time optionally available 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 comfortable, which is why muffin and fast bread recipes typically comprise milk, whereas chewy cookies don’t.
• Vanilla Extract. Actual vanilla pure extract.
• Butter. We shall be melting half a stick of butter (4 tablespoons), so no must carry the butter to room temperature.
• Recent Navel Orange. Attempt to discover a big, heavy navel orange with a brilliant 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 remainder 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 optionally available, however it actually comprises a variety 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 may 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 quicker, although. You probably have two plastic deli lids leftover from the olive bar at a grocery retailer, you may pile as many cranberries between two of them as you may. Then, press your hand gently on the highest of the lids, and lower the cranberries in half abruptly. If that sounds sophisticated, simply lower every cranberry in half whereas listening to an important podcast.

The third factor about this cranberry bread is that it makes use of my ‘muffin technique’ 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 leads to an excellent comfortable crumbed bread. This bread melts in your mouth!

How you can 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 be aware it will likely 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.

How you can serve this recipe for Cranberry Orange Bread

One of the best ways to create neat, clear slices is to let the bread cool utterly earlier than slicing. Use a serrated knife and lower skinny ¾-1-inch slices. Serve on a plate with tea or espresso.

Orange Cranberry Bread storage

Let the bread cool utterly, wrap in two layers of plastic wrap, place in a storage bag and preserve within the fridge. It is going to preserve for as much as 1 week this manner. You may also 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 may 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!