Monday, January 9, 2012

Orange Cranberry Walnut Bread


I have had a lifelong love affair with fruit breads ever since tasting my Grammie's luscious banana bread as a child and helping my Mom make fruit breads as gifts every Christmas. This orange cranberry walnut bread is a fabulous breakfast or snack bread. The orange scent permeates the sweet, crisp exterior while the inside remains tender and moist with bursts of tart, fresh cranberries and rich toasted walnuts; It is so flavorful that adding butter or cream cheese to a slice really is gilding the lily.


Orange Cranberry Walnut Bread
Adapted from Martha Stewart's Cranberry Bread
2 cups AP flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
4 Tbs unsalted butter, melted
zest of 1 orange
2 TBS fresh orange juice
3/4 cup milk
1 large egg
1.5 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
6 oz fresh cranberries
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1 cup toasted walnuts

Preheat oven to 350ยบ F. Butter and flour a 9x5" loaf pan and set aside.

Whisk together wet ingredients plus brown sugar until well incorporated. Sift dry ingredients into wet and mix until just combined. Add orange zest, the fresh and dried cranberries, and toasted walnuts. Combine and pour into prepared pan.

Bake until cooked through - approximately 45 minutes to an hour. Let cool slightly before turning out from the pan. Wait until cool to slice. This bread can also be wrapped tightly in aluminum foil, then plastic and frozen for up to two months.

Enjoy!


31 comments:

  1. I love cranberry bread!And to that you add oranges and walnut, what more can you ask for!Lovely recipe :)

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  2. I love cranberry and orange in anything. Your bread looks delicious.

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  3. I need to bake more bread. Seriously, this looks awesome.

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  4. I am a big fan of sweet breads too. Yours look delicious!

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  5. Cranberries, oranges and nuts - a fantastic combination! Awesome recipe!

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  6. Oh, I LOVE this bread...one of my favorites!!! I have some cranberries just waiting for me to bake up a loaf~

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  7. OOO, this looks soooo good! I love fruit breads too, they have the perfect amount of sweetness and with the cranberries just the right amount of tartness. Beautiful recipe! Have a lovely day :)

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  8. Very nice sweet fruit bread. They are best fresh or slightly toasted the following days. Great flavors here.

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  9. Cranberry orange bread is probably my favorite fruit bread! This looks so good!

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  10. Delicious! Cranberry and orange is one of my all-time favorite flavor combinations when it comes to bread and muffins! Welld one!

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  11. Love the flavors in this! Looks goregous too!

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  12. Thank you for transfering this recipe to us. That bread looks yummy!

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  13. I agree, this bread looks amazing! I can almost taste it :-) Yum!

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  14. I'm not hugely into fruit breads unless it's apple or banana, but I do love walnut bread. This looks delicious!

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  15. I love the combination of cranberries and orange. Sounds like a delicious breakfast treat!!

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  16. While I am not usually a huge fan of dried fruit breads, dried cranberries are the exception. I love them in muffins and breads and bagels and...yeah, they're pretty awesome. This bread looks completely perfect.

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  17. I love bread & like this combination of orange, cranberry & walnut! Thanks for this recipe. Glad to share the citrus-love!

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  18. This sounds delicious! I cannot resist a loaf of cranberry walnut bread and the orange is a nice touch to this one! Hope your week is getting off to a great start :)!

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  19. With a whole cup of walnuts, this bread is totally calling my name. I am also a HUGE fan of fruited quick breads, so tasty!

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  20. What a great combination, this bread looks wonderful! :)

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  21. This looks so moist and delicious. Great flavor combination!

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  22. Love these ingredients - Orange and cranberries always make me happy.

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  23. Memories of Grandma and Baked Bread make me want to perfect a recipe in the next 30 or so years so that my future Grandkids will have those same great memories! Beautiful bread :)

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  24. This is one of those classic recipes that seems so much better. Why have a slice of banana bread when you can have one of orange cranberry walnut bread. Looks delicious!

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  25. yes please... a few loaves of this would be nice thankyouverymuch :-D A few because with two teen boys, a 3 year old who loves quick breads and my husband, a few loaves is the only I'll get a slice of this yumminess! here

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  26. never thought of putting orange and cranberry together.. sounds great!

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  27. A very belated return comment, but I wanted to thank you so much for your support the other day. Truly, it's what keeps me going. I love cranberry bread and yours looks amazing!

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  28. You say "Grammie" too!!! Love it:-) Your bread sounds wonderful! Hugs, Terra

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  29. This is so so so tempting. I'm saving this for my next bread day :)

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