Orange and Cranberry Bread
Easy Holiday Orange Cranberry Bread with Simple Frosting!
15 min of preparation + 50 min of cooking
8 servings
Ingredients
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ¼ cup lemon or orange juice
- 2 large eggs
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup granulated white sugar
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Zest of 1 large orange
- 1 ½ cups of fresh blueberries
Orange glaze:
- 3 to 4 tablespoons of orange juice
- 1 cup of icing sugar
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F/177C.
Line an 8-inch (20 cm) loaf pan with parchment paper and spray the sides with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, combine Greek yogurt, melted butter, lemon or orange juice, eggs, vanilla, and sugar.
Mix on medium speed for a few minutes, until the eggs are well beaten.
In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, and salt.
Sift the dry ingredients into the batter, then mix on medium speed for 30 seconds to 1 minute, until the flour is incorporated.
Do not over mix the batter.
Then add the zest of 1 large orange and fresh cranberries (see my notes in the previous post for instructions on how to use frozen or dried berries).
Transfer the cranberry-orange batter to the prepared loaf pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
The sides will be a rich golden brown color.
Remove the bread from the pan once it has finished baking and cool on a wire rack.
For the easy orange glaze, squeeze the large orange used earlier for the orange zest.
Add about 3 to 4 tablespoons in a bowl and add the icing sugar.
Add the orange zest and beat until a smooth glaze forms.
For a thicker frosting, add more sugar; for a thinner glaze, add more orange juice.
Pour prepared glaze over cooled blueberry bread; chill for about 30 minutes before frosting.
Once the bread has cooled, store it tightly wrapped in plastic at room temperature.
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