Orange Cranberry Bread Recipe (2024)

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Orange Cranberry Bread-sweet orange bread dotted with fresh cranberries and drizzled with an orange glaze! This bread is perfect for the holidays! It makes a great gift too!

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Every week, I go through the grocery store flyers to see what is on sale. Josh considers the flyers junk mail and used to throw them away, but he has learned that he will have to dig them out of the trashif he throws them away, so now he saves them for me. I look forward to flyer day every week. Yes, I am a nerd! When there is a good sale, I stock up! You should see the stash of butter, chocolate chips, and cereal we currently have! I can’t stop myself:)

I also love buying whatever produce is on sale. Fresh cranberries were on sale the week before Thanksgiving so I went crazy and bought six bags. Did I need six bags? Probably not, but I can’t resist a good sale! I made cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving, but I only used one bag. So now I am on a mission to put the rest of mycranberries to good use.

To use up a few cranberries, I madeOrange Cranberry Bread. Not only is this bread festive and perfect for the holiday season, but it is DEElicious!

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I love this bread because it is a quick bread and I am all about easy during the holiday season! Sure, the bread has to bake in the oven, but you can do other things while the bread is baking. Turn on a Christmas movie, read a book, deck the halls with boughs of holly…whatever you want to do! 🙂

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When the bread is done baking, I drizzle it with a sweet orange glaze. I am calling it bread, but it could easily pass as cake! Bread that tastes like cake? YES, please!

I love the sweet orange bread with the tart cranberries! The cranberry orange combo is a winner! You can serve this bread at Christmas brunch, for dessert, or make loaves to give to your friends and family! I made one large loaf, but you could make mini loaves to give as gifts!

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I am so glad I stocked up on cranberries because I am going to make this Orange Cranberry Bread again and again! I might even need to buy more, but only if they are on sale. I better go check the flyers:)

If you like this cranberry orange bread, check out:

  • Banana Bread
  • Zucchini Bread
  • Pumpkin Bread
  • Cranberry Almond Bread
  • Chocolate Banana Bread

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Sweet orange bread dotted with fresh cranberries and drizzled with an orange glaze! This bread is perfect for the holiday season!

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 35 minutes mins

Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients

For the bread:

For the orange glaze:

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
  • 1 teaspoon orange zest

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350° F. Spray a 8 ½ x 4 ½ loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.

  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder. In a small bowl, combine sugar and orange zest. Rub together with your fingers until fragrant. Whisk into the flour mixture. Set aside.

  • In a separate medium bowl, combine the buttermilk, oil, eggs, orange juice, and vanilla.

  • Slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Stir until just combined. Fold in the cranberries. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

  • Bake for 70-75 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. If your loaf starts to get too brown drape a piece of foil over the top to finish baking. I did this during the last 10 minutes of the baking time.

  • Remove bread from oven and place on a cooling rack and cool for 15 minutes. Loosen the sides of the bread with a knife. Carefully remove loaf from pan. Let cool completely on wire rack.

  • While the bread is cooling, make the orange glaze. In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar, orange juice, and orange zest. Whisk until smooth. Drizzle the glaze over the bread. Cut and serve.

  • Note-store the bread, wrapped, on the counter for 2-3 days.

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Orange Cranberry Bread Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Is it OK to mix cranberry juice with orange juice? ›

Orange and cranberry juice both offer up health benefits, but when you combine them you can pack a lot of nutrition into one glass of juice. For people who have trouble meeting fruit intake recommendations, adding a glass of 100 percent juice can help, according to Fruit Juice Facts.

How long will cranberry bread last? ›

Room Temperature – wrap cranberry bread loosely in plastic wrap or store in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Refrigerate – you can cover and store the loaf in the refrigerator for up to a week. Freezing – cool the loaf completely to room temperature then place in a freezer-safe zip bag, removing any excess air.

How many calories in a slice of orange cranberry bread? ›

Great Harvest Bread Bread Cranberry Orange (1 slice) contains 28g total carbs, 25g net carbs, 0g fat, 3g protein, and 120 calories.

Why is my cranberry bread green? ›

This is a great way to use up leftover fresh cranberry relish. Don't be worried about a greenish tint on the inside; it's caused by an interaction of the fresh cranberries and baking powder (acid and alkaline).

What not to mix with cranberry? ›

Possible Interactions
  • Warfarin (Coumadin): Cranberry may raise the risk of bleeding, especially if you already take medications to thin the blood such as warfarin. ...
  • Aspirin: Like aspirin, cranberries contain salicylic acid. ...
  • Other medications: Cranberry may interact with medications that are broken down by the liver.

What happens when you mix baking soda with cranberry juice? ›

Baking soda is a base; so it will foam when it reacts to the acidic juice.

Why did my cranberry bread fall apart? ›

If your cranberry bread is crumbly, it could be because there isn't enough fat or eggs in the batter, or the bread was overbaked. If the recipe you're using provides gram measurements (like mine), then I would highly recommend using them for the most accurate results.

Why is my cranberry bread so crumbly? ›

Too much flour will make this bread crumbly and dry — how you measure the flour matters a lot in it turning out moist. To measure flour for this recipe, spoon the flour into a dry measuring cup and level it off with the back of a table knife.

Why did my cranberry bread fall? ›

The editors said one of the most common reasons layer cakes and quick breads fall is that the pan is overfilled. “If the batter reaches the top of the pan and still needs to rise, it will collapse,” they wrote. They also recommended checking to make sure the leavening (baking soda or baking powder) was not stale.

How much sugar is in a cranberry orange muffin? ›

Region: US
ServingIngredientCalories
31.43 gcranberries14
0.29egg23
35.71 gsugar138
8.57 gchopped walnut56
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How many carbs are in cranberry orange bread? ›

Bread Basket Bakery Cranberry Orange Bread (1 slice) contains 26g total carbs, 21g net carbs, 1g fat, 3g protein, and 110 calories.

How many calories in a Panera Bread Cranberry Orange Muffin? ›

Panera Bread Cranberry Orange Muffin (1 muffin) contains 71g total carbs, 68g net carbs, 19g fat, 7g protein, and 480 calories.

What is the orange stuff on my bread? ›

Orange mold can grow in a variety of places. However, the most common area to spot this type of mold would be in your kitchen, specifically in your refrigerator. Orange mold is most commonly found on food items, such as dairy products and bread.

What is the green yellow stuff on your slice of bread called? ›

The bread mold appears like a green or black color as visible on the loaf of bread and it reproduces further spreading throughout the bread forming spores. Formation of bread mold occurs due to prolonged exposure of the bread to the moist air and fungus can thrive in the presence of moist air.

Can you mix cranberry juice with other juices? ›

SO, you can do the same as food manufactures. Buy the 100% cranberry, then add a splash of water and sweet, low nutrition juice like apple or grape juice to make sweeter.

Can you mix vitamin C and cranberry juice? ›

No interactions were found between cranberry and Vitamin C.

Why is cranberry juice mixed with other juices? ›

The term "cranberry juice co*cktail" or "cranberry juice blend" refers to products that contain about 28% cranberry juice, with the remainder either from other fruit juice concentrates (typically grape, apple or pear), water, and added sugar to improve palatability.

What can I mix with cranberry juice? ›

Cranberry juice goes best with orange juice and orange-flavored liqueurs. The orange enhances the cranberry flavor in the best possible way! Other great mixers for cranberry juice are grapefruit juice and pineapple juice. Cranberry juice also goes well with alcohols such as vodka, rum, gin, champagne, or red wine.

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