Dremas Cranberry Nut Sweet Bread Recipes

AMAZINGLY MOIST CRANBERRY BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375° Fahrenheit. Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan with butter or shortening.
• In a small bowl, stir together the orange juice, orange zest, buttermilk*, butter, and egg.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Stir in the liquid ingredients, mixing until just combined and dry streaks still remain.
• Stir in the chopped cranberries and nuts, if using.
• Pour mixture into the prepared loaf pan*** and level using a spatula. Bake for 25 minutes, then reduce heat to 350° Fahrenheit and bake for an additional 45-50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack and let cool at least an additional 30 minutes before slicing.

CRANBERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Combine eggs and cranberry sauce. Stir in dry cake mix. (I like the yellow cake mix to get more of the cranberry flavor, but the spice cake mix is good too.) Beat 3 minutes on medium speed. Stir in nuts if used.
• Pour into two 8x4x4 greased loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 45 to 55 minutes or until the top springs back when lightly touched with your fingertips.
• Cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Turn out and finish cooling on racks.
• Store leftovers in the refrigerated wrapped in plastic wrap. May also be frozen.

QUICK CRANBERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• DIRECTIONS:.
• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2-inch loaf pan.
• Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small mixing bowl; set aside.
• Using an electric mixer, beat butter or margarine with sugar in a medium mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add egg; mix well. Break up cranberry sauce with a fork and add to the butter mixture. Add nuts. Add dry ingredients to the cranberry mixture, mixing just until the dry ingredients are moist.
• Spread batter evenly into prepared loaf pan. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. If bread begins to brown too quickly, loosely cover with foil and continue to bake until bread tests done.
• Makes 1 loaf.

CRANBERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• 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.