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The Best Cranberry Orange Bread Recipe

An easy recipe for the best Cranberry Orange Bread recipe. Soft and moist bread loaf with fresh cranberries, orange zest and a simple lemon glaze.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Servings: 10 servings
Author: Valentina

Ingredients

cake-

  • 3 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temp
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, measured then sifted
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup fresh cranberries
  • 1 Tbsp orange zest
  • 2 Tbsp orange juice
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 3 Tbsp extra light olive oil (or canola oil)

glaze-

Instructions

make loaf batter-

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Prepare a bread pan. Cover with parchment paper and lightly coat with baking spray, dust with flour. Set aside.
  • In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda, set aside. 
  • In a large bowl, beat the eggs, butter and sugar 2 minutes, the batter will double in size.
  • In a small bowl, beat the orange zest, orange juice, lemon juice, sour cream and oil. Pour into egg mixture. Lightly mix.
  • Add half of the flour, mix. Add remaining flour and beat on low speed. Fold in fresh cranberries with a spatula.
  • Pour mixture into the bread pan. Bake 40-50 minutes (until toothpicks come out clean if inserted into the center of loaf).

prepare glaze-

  • Meanwhile, prepare glaze. Whisk together the lemon juice, powdered sugar and milk.
  • Once bread completely cools, dust with powdered sugar (optional) and drizzle with glaze.