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 all purpose 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
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a *loaf pan with parchment or grease it well.
- Combine flour, salt, baking powder and sugar in a bowl. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together orange zest, buttermilk, oil, eggs, orange juice and vanilla.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients (flour mixture) into the wet ingredients and gently fold together. Just before it's combined, add in cranberries and stir JUST until combined.
- Pour into prepared pan and bake for about an hour, or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
Notes
*loaf pan: I have used this recipe with many sizes from a 9 inch loaf pan to a 8 1/2 (standard) and even two 8 inch loaf pans. Just adjust the baking time depending on the thickness of the batter in the pan.
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.