Cranberry Orange Bread

Course: Bread, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cranberry orange bread, cranberry orange bread recipe, orange cranberry bread

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

Cool: 30 minutes

Total Time: 2 hours 5 minutes

Servings:

Calories: 230kcal

This easy Cranberry Orange Bread recipe is packed with sweet orange and tart cranberry flavors - perfect for the holidays! Delightfully moist with bright, bold flavors, this quick bread is sure to become in instant favorite. Make an extra loaf to share with friends and family this holiday season!

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Ingredients

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
⅓ cup unsalted butter melted
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons fresh grated orange zest
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
½ cup whole milk
1 cup fresh cranberries
1 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Glaze

2 tablespoons salted butter melted
½ cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F and line a 9"x 5" loaf pan with parchment paper (or lightly grease with butter).
In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder and salt, and set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, blend together the melted butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, orange zest and orange juice. Mix until well combined.
While slowly mixing, add flour mixture and milk in two batches (some flour, then some milk, then the rest of the flour and the rest of the milk). Stop mixing as soon as it's just combined.
Rinse off the fresh cranberries so they have just a bit of moisture on them, then, in a small bowl toss the cranberries with one tablespoon of flour. This flour coating will help prevent the berries from sinking to the bottom of your loaf while baking.
Add the flour coated berries to the batter and gently but quickly stir, by hand, to combine.
Immediately pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 55-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool bread in the pan for 15-30 minutes, then move to a wire cooling rack with a baking sheet below (to catch the glaze you're about to add).
Prepare glaze by simply whisking together the melted butter, powdered sugar, and orange juice. If needed, add an additional tablespoon of powdered sugar to reach the desired consistency. Pour one layer of glaze over loaf and allow to set a few minutes, then add an additional layer of glaze.
Slice and enjoy!

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Notes

For the orange zest and juice (in the cake and the glaze) you'll need just one large orange.

I have only made this recipe with fresh cranberries. I imagine frozen or dried would also work, but the results might not be identical to what's pictured.

I used Challenge brand butter in this recipe, please feel free to use any high quality brand of your choice.

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