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Easy Orange Cranberry Pound Cake for the holidays
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Easy Orange Cranberry Bread

The perfect zesty and sweet quick bread for the holidays! This Orange Cranberry Bread will make your whole house smell like Christmas!

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup sugar
  • zest of 3 large oranges
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 Tablespoon orange juice fresh
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup fresh cranberries chopped or halved

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a loaf pan with parchment or grease it well.

  2. Combine flour, salt, baking powder and sugar in a bowl. Set aside.

  3. In a large bowl, whisk together orange zest, buttermilk, oil, eggs, orange juice and vanilla.

  4. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and gently fold together. Just before it's combined, add in cranberries and stir JUST until combined.

  5. Pour into prepared pan and bake for about an hour, or until an inserted knife comes out clean.

Recipe Notes

Optional Orange Glaze:

1 cup powdered sugar

zest of 1 orange, optional

1-2 Tbsp. fresh orange juice

 

-Slowly add in orange juice to powdered sugar and whisk.  Only add as much juice as needed to get a thick but pourable consistency.