🍞 Cranberry Bread
A moist, slightly sweet quick bread with bursts of tart cranberries—perfect for breakfast, snacks, or during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season.
🧾 Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ cup orange juice
- 1 tbsp orange zest (optional but recommended)
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil or melted butter
- 1 egg
- 1½ cups fresh or frozen cranberry (chopped if large)
- ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
👩🍳 Instructions
- Preheat oven
Set oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan. - Mix dry ingredients
In a bowl whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. - Mix wet ingredients
In another bowl combine orange juice, orange zest, oil, and egg. - Combine
Pour wet mixture into dry ingredients and stir just until combined.
Fold in cranberries and nuts. - Bake
Pour batter into the loaf pan and bake 50–60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. - Cool
Let the bread cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack.
🍽️ Serving Ideas
- Spread with butter or cream cheese
- Lightly toasted for breakfast
- Drizzled with a simple orange glaze
✨ Optional Orange Glaze
Mix:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2–3 tbsp orange juice
Drizzle over cooled bread.
👍 Tip: If cranberries are very tart, toss them in 1 tablespoon sugar before adding to the batter.
If you want, I can also give you:
- 🍊 Orange cranberry bread (super moist bakery version)
- 🧁 Cranberry bread with streusel topping
- 🥐 Starbucks-style cranberry loaf recipe.
🍞 Cranberry Bread
A moist, slightly sweet quick bread with bursts of tart cranberries—perfect for breakfast, snacks, or during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season.
🧾 Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ cup orange juice
- 1 tbsp orange zest (optional but recommended)
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil or melted butter
- 1 egg
- 1½ cups fresh or frozen cranberry (chopped if large)
- ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
👩🍳 Instructions
- Preheat oven
Set oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan. - Mix dry ingredients
In a bowl whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. - Mix wet ingredients
In another bowl combine orange juice, orange zest, oil, and egg. - Combine
Pour wet mixture into dry ingredients and stir just until combined.
Fold in cranberries and nuts. - Bake
Pour batter into the loaf pan and bake 50–60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. - Cool
Let the bread cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack.
🍽️ Serving Ideas
- Spread with butter or cream cheese
- Lightly toasted for breakfast
- Drizzled with a simple orange glaze
✨ Optional Orange Glaze
Mix:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2–3 tbsp orange juice
Drizzle over cooled bread.
👍 Tip: If cranberries are very tart, toss them in 1 tablespoon sugar before adding to the batter.
If you want, I can also give you:
- 🍊 Orange cranberry bread (super moist bakery version)
- 🧁 Cranberry bread with streusel topping
- 🥐 Starbucks-style cranberry loaf recipe.
