Cranberry Bread Recipe
This cranberry bread recipe is inspired by the Ocean Spray Cranberry Bread recipe on the back of the bag. It’s moist, flavorful, filled with fresh cranberries and topped with a sweet and tart orange glaze. Make this easy cranberry bread all holiday season.
Equipment
- 1 zester
- 1 whisk
- 1 spoon or flexible spatula
- 1 9X5 loaf pan
- 1 parchment paper
Ingredients
Cranberry Bread
- 2 cups (240 g) all purpose flour
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp orange zest (one medium orange)
- ½ cup (118 ml) canola oil
- ½ cup (120 g) sour cream, room temperature
- ¼ cup (59 ml) orange juice (one medium orange)
- 1 large egg (US), room temperature
- 1½ cups (150 g) fresh cranberries, washed and pat dry (tossed in 2 teaspoon flour)
- ½ cup chopped nuts, optional
Orange Glaze
- 1 cup (120 g) powdered sugar
- 1-2 tbsp (15 - 30 ml) orange juice
- 1 tsp orange zest, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F (177 C). Line a 9x5 loaf pan with parchment paper, leaving a bit of overhang on two sides.
- In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together until well combined.
- In another large mixing bowl, mix the sugar and orange zest together until well combined and like the consistency of wet sand. Whisk in the oil, sour cream, orange juice and egg. Whisk well to fully combine with no visible lumps.
- Mix the dry ingredients into the wet until just combined. Fold in the flour coated cranberries.
- Pour the orange cranberry bread batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake the bread for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the moist pumpkin bread comes out with a few moist crumbs.
- Cool the cake in the loaf pan for 15 minutes. Use the parchment sling to lift the bread out of the pan. Cool completely before topping with the orange glaze.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk the powdered sugar with orange juice and orange zest until well combined. Top or drizzle the orange glaze on top of the cooled cranberry bread.
Notes
- To store leftover slices of cranberry bread: Place the Ocean Spray cranberry bread in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
- To make this cranberry bread recipe just like the Ocean Spray Cranberry Bread recipe, reduce the oil to 2 tablespoons, omit the sour cream, increase the orange juice to ¾ cup and add ½ cup chopped walnut or pecans at the same time as the cranberries. Omit the glaze.
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