This Orange Cranberry Bread Recipe is the perfect mix of sweet oranges and tart, juicy cranberries. It will be one of your favorite things to serve this holiday season or any time of year!
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Ingredients
Orange Cranberry Bread
¼cup vegetable oil or melted butter
¾cuppacked light brown sugar
2largeeggsroom temperature
1 ¾cupsall-purpose flour
2 ½teaspoons baking powder
¼teaspoonkosher salt
1cup2% milkdivided, can substitute whole milk
2tablespoonsorange juice
1tablespoongrated orange zest
1cuproughly chopped cranberries
Glaze
3tablespoonspowdered sugar
1tablespoonorange juice
additional orange zest for garnishoptional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 9x5 inch loaf pan or spray with baking spray. In a large bowl, whisk together sugar and oil. Add eggs, one at a time, whisking in between.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Add half the flour mixture to wet ingredients and whisk to combine. Add half the milk and stir, then add the remaining flour until incorporated. Finally, add the remaining milk, orange juice, and orange zest and stir just until combined.
Fold in cranberries. Transfer to loaf pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted into middle of bread.
While bread is baking, prepare glaze by whisking together powdered sugar and orange juice in a small bowl. Once bread is done, brush glaze onto bread immediately and sprinkle with orange zest (optional). Let it sit for 10 minutes before removing from pan and transferring to cooling rack. Slice when cool or next day.