The bread recipes with fruity flavors are especially yummy, like this Orange bread, Glazed Blueberry Bread, or Lemon Zucchini Bread!
EASY HOLIDAY BREAD
The cool winter weather tends to put me in a baking mood! I love to bake all sorts of cookies, bars, and quick bread. This Cranberry Orange Bread recipe is a holiday favorite because:
Holiday favorite. It screams Christmas time and with the orange and cranberry flavors, it’s hard not to love around the holidays. Quick. With it being a quick bread, no yeast is involved which means this is made in a jiffy. Great for other recipes. Use this bread to make French Toast for a delicious breakfast/brunch or even make Homemade Croutons out of it for a sweet salad.
Ingredients
all-purpose flour sugar baking soda cinnamon salt orange buttermilk – You can also make Buttermilk if needed. melted butter or a neutral cooking oil orange juice – Use a bottle of orange juice from the store, or use freshly squeezed orange juice for this recipe. One orange contains 4-5 tablespoons of juice which is about ¼ to ⅓ cup of juice. egg vanilla extract coarsely chopped fresh cranberries
For the glaze, you’ll need just powdered sugar and orange juice.
How to Make cranberry orange bread
Storing Info
STORE. Allow the bread to cool completely on a wire rack before storing. Place in a plastic bag, seal, and store at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Do not over-mix. Over-mixing can cause large holes and tunnels in the loaf. It can also make the bread tough. Temperature. Sometimes the bread may look done on the outside and still doughy/raw in the middle. Be sure to check the temperature of your oven. Sometimes ovens can run too hot and this will cook the outside too fast. Tent a piece of tin foil over the top of the bread ¾ of the way through cooking to prevent the top from burning.
FREEZE. Wrap the bread (either in a loaf or as individual slices) tightly in heavy foil or place them in freezer bags, and freeze for up to 3 months. We typically leave the glaze off if we know we are storing this for later or making ahead of time. Add glaze when ready to serve.
FOR MORE FAVORITE QUICK BREAD:
Cinnamon Quick Bread Glazed Blueberry Quick Bread Eggnog Bread Peanut Butter Banana Bread White Chocolate Lemon Bread Zucchini Bread Amish Friendship Bread
