Cranberry Orange Bread

By Peggie

A delicious tart ‘n sweet Cranberry Orange Bread recipe perfect for breakfast or even dessert!

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 3 cups fresh or frozen cranberries, roughly chopped
• Note: I added a glaze made of icing sugar and orange juice. Just add orange juice a few drops at a time till you get the desired consistency for your glaze.

Details

Servings 1
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 85mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Spray a 9x5 loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.

In a large bowl, whisk together flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Using a fork or just your fingers, cut the butter into the flour mixture until crumbly.

Add egg and orange juice to crumble mixture and mix until combined.Fold in cranberries.

Pour the batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool completely on wire rack.

Store bread covered at room temperature for up to 5 days.


Tips:

You can use fresh or frozen cranberries in this recipe and to make it easier to chop the cranberries, I just put them into a food processor. Easy peasy! :)

Don’t let the top of your bread BURN! About half way through baking this bread, make sure to check that the top of the bread is not getting too brown and if it is just place a piece of aluminum foil over top of bread for the rest of the baking time to avoid burning the top of the bread.

Lastly, this cranberry orange bread freezes really well. You can freeze this bread up to 3 months, when your ready to enjoy let thaw completely before serving. So make a couple loafs ahead of time and you will have a delicious holiday breakfast or a last minute gift.