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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
minutes
Cook Time:
45
minutes
minutes
Total Time:
55
minutes
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-
1/3
cup
powdered sugar
1
tsp
lemon juice
1
tsp
milk
US Customary
-
Metric
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.