Cranberry Orange Bread Recipe

Brighten your day with this Cranberry Orange Bread Recipe! Bursting with tart cranberries and zesty orange, this homemade bread is a flavorful delight. Perfect as a breakfast treat or a midday snack, this recipe combines sweet and tangy goodness in every bite. A must-try for any citrus lover!

Course Bread

Cuisine American

Keyword Cranberry Orange Bread Recipe

Method Oven

Main Ingredient Grains

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 50

Cooling Time 2

Total Time 3

Servings loaves

Calories 212kcal

Author Kelli Miller

Equipment

Ingredients

Bread

2¾ Cup(s) of all-purpose flour
1 Cup(s) of brown sugar
⅔ Cup(s) of granulated sugar
2½ tsp of baking powder
¼ tsp of baking soda
¼ tsp of cinnamon
2 room temperature eggs
1 Cup(s) of buttermilk
8 T of melted butter
¾ tsp of orange extract
1½ T of orange zest
1½ Cup(s) of chopped up dried cranberries
1 Cup(s) of chopped orange segments

Icing

4 ounces of softened cream cheese
1 Cup(s) of powdered sugar
2 T half and half or milk
¼ tsp of orange extract

Instructions

To Make the Bread
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Grease your loaf pans.
Combine the flour, sugars, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon in a bowl.
Whisk in the buttermilk, eggs, melted butter, orange extract, and orange zest. Don't overmix.

Fold in the cranberries and orange segments.
Pour into the loaf pans and bake in the middle rack for about 50 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes then put on a wire rack.
To Make the Icing
Mix together the cream cheese, powdered sugar, half and half, and orange extract with a mixer. You can thin it out by adding a bit more half and half.
Drizzle over the top of the loaf after it has cooled

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