cranberry orange blueberry almond bread
This recipe is adapted from http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/orange-cranberry-bread/ I only had enough fresh cranberries to make two loaves and I wanted to make four so I used dried cranberries, one bag had dried blueberries in it and I also added sliced almonds. Their bread is very pretty and has a pop of tarty cranberries, my bread is very flavorful with much more texture So I have combined both dried cranberries (with Blueberries if desired) and fresh cranberries.
prep time
15 Min
cook time
1 Hr 10 Min
method
Bake
yield
makes TWO 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 loaves
Ingredients
- BREAD
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- zest - of two large oranges
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 cup canola or vegetable oil
- 4 - eggs slightly beaten
- 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 12 ounces bag of dried cranberries and blueberries
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- 1 cup sliced almonds
- GLAZE
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- 2 teaspoons orange zest
- - sliced almonds for garnish
How To Make cranberry orange blueberry almond bread
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Step 1Preheat oven to 350º. Spray TWO 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 loaf pans ( or 3 medium foil pans, or 8 mini loaves) with cooking spray and set aside.
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Step 2In 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.
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Step 3In a separate medium bowl, combine the buttermilk, oil, eggs, orange juice, and vanilla.
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Step 4Slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Stir until just combined. Fold in the cranberries and blueberries. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. -
Step 5I place both loaf and mini loaves on a baking sheet. Bake mini loaves 40 min. Regular loaves bake about 65 minutes then cover top loosely with foil to prevent over browning, bake another 15 minutes.
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Step 6Remove 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.
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Step 7The bread on the left is the one by TwoPeasinaPod, the one on the right is my adapted version.
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Step 8Once 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.
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