This Cranberry Orange Bread Recipe is delicious. Make it for a Holiday get together or gift it to your friends and family. Free printable gift tags included.
CRANBERRY ORANGE BREAD
Today I would love to share with you this delicious Cranberry Orange Bread Recipe. This recipe is the perfect Fall Bread and makes a great gift for neighbors and friends.
I love that this bread has a great texture and tastes delicious. The orange and cranberries give the bread a festive look which adds to the overall presentation.
PAPER LOAF PANS
I found some fun paper loaf pans and used them to bake the Orange Cranberry Bread in. It would be fun to be able to give them to your friends and neighbors in these disposable loaf pans. You could also gift the bread in new mini loaf pans so that your friends can keep the mini loaf pans for their own use.
Simply take a brown paper bag and cut a 1.5 inch strip that will wrap around the bread and tape it on the bottom of the bread. Add some fun embellishments and one of the printable Holiday Gift Tags. Tie them and secure the embellishments in place with some ribbon or baker’s twine. To download the printable Holiday Gift Tags, simply click on the link below:
ORANGE CRANBERRY BREAD BAKING SUPPLIES
- wooden utensils
- Kitchen Aid mixer
- long loaf bread pans
- oven mitts
- magnetic measuring spoons
- wooden measuring cups
- Kitchen baking timer
- Hot Pads
- Parchment Paper
- cooling racks
- paper loaf pans
ORANGE CRANBERRY BREAD INGREDIENTS
HOW TO MAKE ORANGE CRANBERRY BREAD
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×5 inch loaf pan. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir in orange zest, cranberries, and pecans. Set aside.
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In a large bowl, cream together margarine, sugar, and egg until smooth. Stir in orange juice. Beat in flour mixture until just moistened. Pour into prepared pan.
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Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until the bread springs back when lightly touched. Let stand 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool. Wrap in plastic when completely cool.
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ORANGE CRANBERRY BREAD RECIPE
This recipe filled 3 mini loaf pans or will make one regular sized bread loaf.
Orange Cranberry Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
- 1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries
- 1/2 cup pecans coarsely chopped
- 1/4 cup margarine softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 cup orange juice fresh squeezed is best
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir in orange zest, cranberries, and pecans. Set aside.
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In a large bowl, cream together margarine, sugar, and egg until smooth. Stir in orange juice. Beat in flour mixture until just moistened. Pour into prepared pan.
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Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until the bread springs back when lightly touched. Let stand 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool. Wrap in plastic when completely cool.
Give this for a nice little Thanksgiving Host gift or gift them for Christmas! I have shared printable tags for both holidays for you to download!
Feel free to download the Holiday Gift Tags for other gifts you may be giving this Holiday Season!
QUICK BREAD RECIPES
Looking for some other easy to make and delicious quick bread recipes? Check out these other quick breads we have shared!
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- Banana Bread Recipe
- Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
- White Chocolate Raspberry Muffins
- Zucchini Bread Recipe
- Zucchini Cake Recipe
- Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
- Cinnamon Swirl Bread
- Chocolate Bread
- Blueberry Sourcream Muffins
- Lemon Poppy Seed Bread
- Chocolate Cinnamon Bread
- Kid Friendly Wheat Bread Recipe
- Cinnamon Coffee Cake
We love baking our quick bread in these Wilton Long Loaf Bread Pans.
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sandy says
I was hoping for Merry Christmas.
Kathy says
Absolutely love this. Thank you.
Samantha triplett says
I love orange cranberry muffins I’m excited about trying this and I love the mini loaf pan idea for gifts! Last year I made my mini pistachio nut breads as gifts, can’t wait to try this one!!!
Linda Seifert says
What size are the pans pictured in the photo? Thank you.
Melissa says
These pans just arrived and I am excited to grog these made and gifted.
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Roni says
Love this idea! I am making mini loaves per your suggestion. How does that change the baking time? Thanks!
So I baked six mini-loaves in paper (holiday-themed) loaf pans which was 2 batches of batter. I baked them for 35-40 minutes and they are perfect! I put the paper loaf pans on a cookie sheet to bake.
A lovely idea, just a caution, maybe put contains nuts as a lot of people have nut allergies. Merry Christmas, instead of holidays, we don’t use that expression here.
I just made this recipe and it is delicious! I actually made mine into muffins – it made 18 muffins, which I baked for about 20 minutes. I also used frozen whole cranberries, which worked great. These muffins are wonderfully sweet and the cranberries work perfectly in them. Next time I make them, I think I’ll add another Tbs of orange zest to give it even more zing. Thank you for the recipe!
So glad you enjoyed the recipe!
Hi, can you tell me the size of the pans used and maybe where to get them, and also would it be okay to leave the nuts out?
Hi question.. Can I use this recipe for cookies?
Betty- I have never tried making cookies out of this recipe. So I am not so sure.
Can you freeze these?
Anita- Yes, I would wrap them with saran wrap and put them into a ziplock bag. Thank you!
Will the results other than the taste be different if butter was used instead of margarine?
Karen- Using margarine instead of butter can lead to cookies that burn easily, spread out too much, or don’t get the right texture.
Thanks a lot for this amazing and super easy to make orange cranberry bread recipe! It’s really tasty and very flavorful! Will surely have this again! Highly recommended!
Allyssa- Thank you.
What a beautiful bread!! The cranberry & orange flavors go so well together!
Natalie- It is a great combo!
This bread makes a great gift!! I love the flavor that just bursts in your mouth!
Kristyn-I do too!
Orange and cranberry is a match made in heaven. I love all the flavors in this bread!
Katie- It really is the perfect combo!