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Orange Cranberry Bread

Course: Baking, Bread, Breakfast, Brunch, catherines plates, holiday food
Cuisine: American, Bread
Author: Catherine's Plates

Ingredients

Orange Cranberry Bread

  • 1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries, washed, dried and sorted
  • 1/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
  • 1 TBS orange zest from 2 fresh oranges
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup white granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup milk (room temperature)
  • 5 TBS melted butter (slightly cooled)
  • 2 large eggs (room temperature)

Glaze

  • 3/4 cup powered sugar
  • 2-3 TBS fresh orange juice

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9" x 5" x 3" baking dish with non-stick cooking spray with added flour in it. Or grease and flour the baking dish.
  • Wash, sort, and dry cranberries.
  • Zest 2 oranges and squeeze for juice.
  • Place flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into large mixing bowl. Whisk together. Add in orange zest and dried cranberries. Toss to coat well.
  • In a small bowl whisk together room temperature milk, room temperature eggs, orange juice, and cooled melted butter until well combined.
  • Pour wet mixture into the dry ingredients and mix with a spatula just until combined. (Don't over mix.)
  • Pour mixture into prepared baking dish. Bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
  • Let cool for 15-20 minutes. Remove bread from baking dish. (A knife will help along the edges.
  • In a medium bowl whisk powdered sugar to remove lumps. Whisk in 2 TBS orange juice until it forms a drizzle.
    NOTE: if too thin add more powdered sugar. If too thick add milk to thin it out.
  • Drizzle glaze over cooled orange cranberry bread. Slice & Enjoy.