Orange-cranberry bread
This is my other favorite bread to make for the holidays. It's a great present too. I like this one better, but Brad prefers the banana bread.
Updated: Pics and some directions corrections. This bread also bakes in about 40 mins if you use small pans. Check about half way into the baking time to make sure the bread doesn't get too brown.
Orange-Cranberry Bread
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 grated rind from orange (or 1 tablespoon of orange rind from the spice section of your grocery store)
1/2 cup juice from orange plus water if needed to make 1/2 cup (or 3/4 cup orange juice) [Note: my mom told me the substitution amounts and the bread always comes out great.]
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
1/2 bag frozen fresh cranberries
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Beat butter, sugar and 1 egg in mixing bowl. Beat in second egg. Stir in rind and juice.
In second bowl, combine flour with baking powder, salt and nuts. Stir well and pour into mixing bowl. Stir until just moistened. Mix in the cranberries. Transfer to greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
Bake for about an hour (it takes longer in Colorado) until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let stand for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and place on cake rack to cool. Glaze the bread. Wrap to store.
Glaze
3/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup granulated sugar
Combine orange juice and sugar in small saucepan. Heat and stir to dissolve sugar. Spoon over hot loaf.
[Update: Forgot to put the cranberries in! Thanks Mariann for catching that.]
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Oh wow. It sounds fabulous. I think I may have to try this.
I love cranberry bread. I also like Amish nut bread. But I don't bake them, I get them from my mom.
I feel really stupid asking this, but where are the cranberries in this recipe? Perhaps I've missed something, another reference in your blog? I shall have to look because the recipe sounds absolutely delicious.
Ack!! I forgot them. Chalk it up to the evil cold. Recipe has been corrected.
I made it! It was fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing...
I'm glad you liked it! I'll most more recipes soon.
this really looks good can i use dried cranberries instead of frozen ones
Daughter and I are off to do this this morning - (gonna make it 'banana/cranberry/orange' - daddy/daughter saturday mornin still in her jammies activity - see ya!
I made this bread twice and both times it fell in the center after about 35 minutes in the oven. It also seemed to brown very fast and dark compared to your picture.I live in Florida, so I am wondering if this has anything to do with it. We ate it anyway as it was not too heavy in the center and it is very tasty.