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December 5, 2014 By Kelli Wallace Leave a Comment

Cranberry Orange Bread


(Recipe can be found on the site Play. Party. Pin. here.)
Step by Step Instructions:


This Cranberry Orange Bread will be in your oven in no time. Here’s what you’ll need: Baking Soda, 4 cups of Cranberries, 2 cups of Sugar plus 1/4 cup, Vegetable oil, 4 cups of All-Purpose Flour, Salt, 1 cup of Orange Juice (I used about 4-6 oranges to get enough juice), 2 tablespoons of Orange Zest (from about 3 oranges), and 2 Eggs.


Start off by preheating your oven to 350 degrees. Then wash and drain 4 cups of cranberries and slice any large berries in half. Then add 1/4 cup of sugar…


…and combine!


Grab a medium-sized bowl and add 4 cups of flour, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, and 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt and whisk together.


In a mixer bowl, add 2 cups of sugar, 2/3 cup of vegetable oil, and 2 tablespoons of orange zest.

Mix for a few minutes until the sugar and oil are well combined.


Add one egg at a time until they are both completely incorporated.


Add a cup of water to the cup of orange juice.


Add about 1/3 of the flour mixture and combine it.


Then add in some of the water/juice mixture and combine. Just keep alternating until the batter is well incorporated.


Here’s the batter all combined.


Add 2 cups of pecans and the cranberry/sugar mixture to the batter and fold it into the batter.


Spray your mini muffin tins very liberally. This made about 7 mini loaves for me. Or you can use larger loaf pans and just bake longer.


Distribute the batter across the loaf pans. Then bake for 20-30 minutes (or closer to 50-60 IF you’re using large loaf pans). You’ll know they are ready to take out of the oven when a toothpick is inserted in the center and it comes out clean.


Here is the bread right out of the oven. I let it cool in the loaf pans for a bit until it’s easier to remove from the pan.


Once you can handle the tin, ease the bread from the edges with a knife and let it ease out of the tin and let it cool on a wire rack until it’s completely cool. Then serve and enjoy! Or better yet, gift these adorable little  Cranberry Orange Bread loaves or freeze them to enjoy later. Happy baking!


Cranberry Orange Bread
 
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Prep time
20 mins
Cook time
20 mins
Total time
40 mins
 
I love the cranberry-orange combo for this bread as it's wonderfully flavored and not overly sweet. A real winner!
Recipe type: Bread
Cuisine: American
Serves: 7 mini loaves
Ingredients
  • 4 cups Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1½ tsp Salt
  • 2 cups Sugar + ¼ cup to put on top of the cranberries
  • 4 cups fresh or frozen Cranberries cut in half
  • 2 Tbs Orange Zest
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 cup Orange Juice
  • 1 cup Water
  • ⅔ cup Vegetable Oil
  • 2 cups chopped Pecans or Walnuts
Preparation Instructions
  1. Begin by preheating your oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Clean and rinse the cranberries. Then slice any large cranberries in half and you can keep the small cranberries whole. In a medium-sized bowl combine the cranberries with ¼ cup of sugar and set the bowl aside.
  3. In a separate bowl combine the 4 cups of flour, 2 teaspoons of baking soda, and 1½ teaspoons of salt and set aside until you're ready for it.
  4. In a mixing bowl (I used my stand mixer) add 2 cups of sugar, ⅔ cup of vegetable oil, and 2 tablespoons of orange rind. And turn the mixer on and combine well.
  5. Add the eggs one at a time to the sugar mixture and once combined alternate adding the dry ingredients with the water and orange juice. Once that is well incorporated, fold in the pecans and cranberries.
  6. Pour the bread batter into well greased mini bread pans and bake for 20-30 minutes or until a toothpick is inserted and comes out clean.
  7. Let them cool enough in the tin on a wire rack to handle and then carefully remove them from the tin and allow them to cool completely on a wire rack. Enjoy!
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