Best 7 Cranberry Orange Almond Quick Bread Recipes

RUSTIC CRANBERRY & ORANGE BREAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water. In a large bowl, mix 3-1/2 cups flour and salt. Using a rubber spatula, stir in yeast mixture to form a soft, sticky dough. Do not knead. Cover; let rise at room temperature 1 hour., Punch down dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface. Pat into a 9-in. square. Fold dough into thirds, forming a 9x3-in. rectangle. Fold rectangle into thirds, forming a 3-in. square. Turn dough over; place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover; let rise at room temperature until almost doubled, about 1 hour., Punch down dough and repeat folding process. Return dough to bowl; refrigerate, covered, overnight., Dust bottom of a disposable foil roasting pan with cornmeal. Turn dough onto a floured surface; knead in cranberries and orange zest. Shape into a 6-in. round loaf. Place in prepared pan; dust top with remaining 1 tablespoon flour. Cover; let rise at room temperature until dough expands to a 7-1/2-in. loaf, about 1-1/4 hours. , Preheat oven to 500°. Using a sharp knife, make a slash (1/4 inch deep) across top of loaf. Cover pan tightly with foil. Bake on lowest oven rack 25 minutes., Reduce oven setting to 450°. Remove foil; bake until deep golden brown, 25-30 minutes longer. Remove loaf to a wire rack to cool.

CRANBERRY ORANGE QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 8x4 inch loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and white sugar. Mix in the melted butter until the mixture looks crumbly. Stir in the cranberries and oranges. In a separate bowl or large measuring cup, whisk together the eggs, milk, sour cream, vanilla and orange extract. Pour the liquid ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients and stir just until blended. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the crown comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool in the pans for a while, then remove from the pans and place on wire racks to cool completely.

CRANBERRY ORANGE ALMOND BREAD

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350.
• cream butter, sugar and vanilla mix in zest, eggs, and orange juice.
• combine dry ingredients and fold in butter mixture.
• fold in berries and almonds.
• bake in loaf pan for 1 hr until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

ALMOND-CRANBERRY QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Add all the ingredients (except the cranberries) to a large mixing bowl. Mix well.
• 2. Fold in the cranberries.
• 3. Pour batter into a sprayed 8.5"x4.5" loaf pan OR you can use 3 mini loaves (5-3/4"x3-1/4").
• 4. Sprinkle top with 2-3 Tbsp sliced almonds.
• 5. Bake 350* for approx 55 minutes until golden brown. (For mini loaves, bake approximately 40 minutes.)

CRANBERRY ORANGE BLUEBERRY ALMOND BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350º. Spray TWO 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.
• 2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder. In a small bowl, combine sugar and orange zest. Rub together with your fingers until fragrant. Whisk into the flour mixture. Set aside.
• 3. In a separate medium bowl, combine the buttermilk, oil, eggs, orange juice, and vanilla.
• 4. Slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Stir until just combined. Fold in the cranberries and blueberries. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• 5. Bake for 70-75 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. If your loaf starts to get too brown drape a piece of foil over the top to finish baking. I did this during the last 10 minutes of the baking time.
• 6. Remove bread from oven and place on a cooling rack and cool for 15 minutes. Loosen the sides of the bread with a knife. Carefully remove loaf from pan. Let cool completely on wire rack.
• 7. The bread on the left is the one by TwoPeasinaPod, the one on the right is my adapted version.
• 8. Once the breads cooled I sliced them and places them in large french fries paper containers with wax paper liner and then glazed them. Then I placed in plastic bags with ties and gave them as Christmas gifts.

MOIST CRANBERRY ORANGE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a large loaf pan.
• Combine flour, 1 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl. Add melted butter; stir until mixture is crumbly. Reserve about 1/4 cup cranberries and 1/4 cup mandarin oranges; stir remaining fruit into flour mixture.
• Beat eggs, milk, sour cream, vanilla extract, and orange extract in another bowl until smooth. Gradually stir egg mixture into flour mixture until batter is thoroughly incorporated. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Scatter reserved cranberries and mandarin oranges atop batter and sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Bake in preheated oven for 5 minutes; reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking until center of bread springs back when touched, 35 to 40 minutes.

ALMOND CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F and grease a 8x4x2" loaf pan.
• Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
• Combine the egg, milk, butter, and almond extract in a separate bowl.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing just until moistened (do not overmix).
• Stir in chopped almonds and cranberries.
• Spread batter in loaf pan and then sprinkle with additional 1 tbls. sugar and then the slivered or sliced almonds.
• Bake for 30 minutes.
• REDUCE heat to 350F and bake for an additional 20-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Let cool 10-15 minutes before removing from pan to wire rack.