Walnut Cranberry Bread With Spiced Orange Butter Recipes

CRANBERRY ORANGE WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients. In another bowl, beat egg. Add orange juice, zest, butter and hot water. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moistened. Gently fold in cranberries and walnuts. , Spoon into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 1 hour. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

CRANBERRY ORANGE WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease three 8x4-inch loaf pans. Line bottoms with parchment paper, if desired.
• Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add the room-temperature eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Stir in the orange zest.
• Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Add to the egg mixture, alternating with orange juice.
• Coarsely chop the cranberries.
• Pour the flour mixture into the mixing bowl alternately with the orange juice, mixing until just incorporated. Fold in the chopped cranberries and walnuts, mixing just enough to evenly combine. Divide the batter evenly among prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Check for browning: cover the tops with aluminum foil to prevent them from becoming too dark. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaves comes out clean, about 30 minutes more. Cool on wire racks.

WALNUT CRANBERRY BREAD WITH SPICED ORANGE BUTTER

Steps:

• Add all bread ingredients to bread machine according to manufacturer's directions*. Select basic white bread cycle. Serve with Spiced Orange Butter, if desired.*NOTE: Dried fruits and nuts should be added to your bread machine at the raisin bread cycle, if your machine has one. If not, add them according to the manufacturer's directions or 15 minutes into the kneading cycle.

SPICY CRANBERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine 1-1/2 cups cranberries, sugar and orange zest. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and cook for 6-8 minutes or until the cranberries are softened. Remove from the heat; stir in the remaining berries and set aside. , In a large bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and cloves. Combine the eggs, sour cream and butter; stir into dry ingredients just until blended. Fold in cranberries and pecans. , Pour into two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

CRANBERRY ORANGE BREAD WITH ORANGE BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Generously grease and flour two 9x5 inch (1-pound) loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
• Make a well in the center and add eggs, 2 cups orange juice, and oil. Mix just until moistened. The batter will be lumpy. DO NOT overmix or bread will be tough.
• Gently stir in the whole cranberries and orange zest.
• Pour into loaf pans and bake for 45-50 minutes or until loaves test done.
• Pour 1/4 cup orange juice over each loaf while still hot.
• Mix confectioners sugar, melted butter, and 1 tablespoon orange juice to make a glaze and drizzle over warm loaves.
• Refrigerate overnight to blend flavors.

ORANGE, SPICED WALNUT AND DRIED CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Mix first 5 ingredients in large bowl to blend. Add nuts; toss to coat well. Strain nuts, reserving liquid. Transfer nuts to baking sheet. Sprinkle nuts with sugar. Bake until golden brown, about 17 minutes. Cool completely.
• Whisk 3/4 cup water, cranberry juice and reserved liquid from nuts in medium saucepan to blend. Stir in dried cranberries. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until cranberries soften and liquid is reduced to thin syrup, about 20 minutes. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Store nuts airtight at room temperature. Cover and chill cranberry mixture.)
• Arrange orange slices on platter. Spoon cranberry mixture over. Sprinkle nuts over. Garnish with mint, if desired.