Cranberry Nut Bread
"The recipe for this moist, dark holiday bread was found in the Taste of Home's Fall Baking Cookbook, 2009."
photo by Outta Here
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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2 loaves
- Serves:
- 24
ingredients
- 2 1⁄2 cups cranberries, chopped, divided (fresh or frozen)
- 2⁄3 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons orange zest, minced
- 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3⁄4 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 3⁄4 cup sour cream
- 1⁄4 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
directions
- In a large saucepan, combine 1 1/2 cups of chopped cranberries, sugar & orange zest.
- Brink to a boil, then reduce heat & cook 6 to 8 minutes or until cranberries are softened.
- Remove from the heat & stir in the remaining berries before setting them aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F & grease two 8-inch loaf pans.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt & cloves.
- In another bowl, combine the eggs, sour cream & butter, then stir this mixture into the dry ingredients until just blended.
- Fold in the cranberries & pecans, then pour batter into the two prepared loaf pans.
- Bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack before removing the loaves from the pans to cool completely on the wire rack.
Questions & Replies
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I’m ready to make this but not sure how to bring cranberry mix to a boil with no liquid???? -
Is liquid missing from this recipe?
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How do you bring the cranberries, sugar, and orange zest to a boil without liquid.
Reviews
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Great bread. Very moist and flavorful. Cooking the berries first helps make it dark and moist. I will double the amount of orange zest next time, though. The spices were perfect. Thanks for this keeper. -
This was really excellent, and a nice departure from regular cranberry bread. I think cooking the cranberries really deepened their flavor. I halved the recipe to make one loaf and used walnuts instead of pecans. The dark color of the bread coupled with the ruby color of the cranberries really gave this a festive appearance and it was a perfect gift for the holidays. I will be making this again! Thanks for sharing this. Made for PRMR Tag Game.
Tweaks
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This was really excellent, and a nice departure from regular cranberry bread. I think cooking the cranberries really deepened their flavor. I halved the recipe to make one loaf and used walnuts instead of pecans. The dark color of the bread coupled with the ruby color of the cranberries really gave this a festive appearance and it was a perfect gift for the holidays. I will be making this again! Thanks for sharing this. Made for PRMR Tag Game.
