Once again I found myself with too many fresh cranberries that were about to go bad, so I chopped them up and threw them into this wonderful cranberry walnut bread. I love the hints of lemon, orange and cinnamon in this sweet and tart bread. It would make a beautiful Christmas gift for friends, family, neighbors, teachers, etc. Just wrap each loaf in plastic wrap after it they are finished cooling and tie it with a big red bow! You can also decorate the loaf by drizzling glaze over it, but this will make it more sweet and I personally prefer less sweet breads. This recipe makes only one 9×5 inch loaf, so if you want more you will need to double/triple the recipe. Serve with warm tea for an afternoon treat.
I have two more finals to go, and hopefully they go much better than the first one did :/ I am soo ready for Christmas break! Are you staying home for the holidays, or will you be traveling somewhere?
XoXo
- 1 cup fresh cranberries, coarsely chopped
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup canola oil
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 tbsp orange juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp freshly grated lemon peel
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup coarsely chopped walnuts
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Add cranberries, sugar, oil, milk, orange juice, vanilla, lemon peel, cinnamon and eggs to a mixing bowl and stir well with a wooden spoon.
- Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a separate bowl and then slowly mix into the batter.
- Stir well until all ingredients are well blended.
- Stir in the walnuts.
- Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan and pour in the batter.
- Bake 45-50 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean and the top is slightly golden brown and firm to the touch.
- Cool for about 10 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
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Great way to use up cranberries. I have some lingering myself, so I’ll have to make this bread.
It looks yummy 🙂
You know what ? I never tasted cranberries. In france, this is something we don’t eat often. It’s very “american”, for us 🙂
As cookies and brownies, for example.
This sure looks delicious and I’m totally into anything with cranberries lately because it’s so festive but at the same time I’m not sure that I can fresh ones here can i used dried ones? 😀
Wow, fresh cranberries! We can’t buy those in Aus unfortunately 🙁 But we do have frozen and dried! This loaf looks lovely and I love the pretty pops of colour the cranberries bring 🙂
A slice of this warm would go perfect with my morning coffee. Beautiful photos!
I love cranberries in anything, and this bread looks terrific. Only two more finals? You’re almost there! Anyway, nice recipe – thanks.
Mmmmmmmmm, I love all those fresh cranberries popping out of this loaf – gorgeous!!!
This bread looks wonderful! I love the pop of color and flavor that cranberries give sweet breads. The addition of walnuts sound delicious too. Might need to give these a try for Christmas breakfast. 🙂
Thanks Elaine!
Kristi, this looks so festive and pretty, and I love the citrus flavors, paired with cranberries!
Thanks Kari 😀
I LOVE cranberries! And this cake looks really good, can’t wait to try!
Thank you Gabe! Let me know what you think 🙂