Cranberry Orange Bread with Mandarin Oranges

Cranberry orange bread is a delicious and festive treat that is perfect for the holiday season. This easy-to-make bread is packed with the flavors of fresh cranberries and zesty orange, making it a tasty and unique addition to any breakfast or dessert spread. In this post, we’ll show you how to make this delicious bread at home.

Recipe Tips and Tricks

If you don’t want to use fresh cranberries you can use canned cranberries. Scoop out a couple of cranberries into a bowl and stir them until smooth. When the batter is all combined dollop on top of the batter and use a knife to swirl the cranberry sauce around.

Dried cranberries can also be used but those have a lot more points than fresh.

WW friendly version: I tried making this bread more WW friendly but the results were very poor. The bread was half the size and didn’t taste good. I tested 2 different recipes as well and just settled on this one.

If you want to use a sugar substitute go for it. Just look up the conversions for whatever brand you use. I do not use sugar substitutes because they mess with my stomach.

To make cranberry orange bread, you’ll need the following ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
¾ cups white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup canola oil
2 cups fresh cranberries
1 cup mandarin oranges, drained
2 large eggs
¾ cup unsweetened almond milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon orange zest

How to Make Cranberry Orange Bread

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a large loaf pan

Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl in a large bowl.

In another bowl combine the sugar, eggs, oil, milk, vanilla extract , and orange zest until smooth. Gradually stir egg mixture into flour mixture until batter is thoroughly incorporated. The fold in the mandarin oranges and cranberries into the batter.

Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

Bake in preheated oven for 5 minutes; reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking until center of bread springs back when touched, 35 to 40 minutes.

Best Baking Tips

Room temperature butter is key, let it sit out on the counter for a couple of hours before baking.
Read the recipe over a few times before baking or look up videos to see how it’s done properly.
Get an Oven Thermometer – Not every oven is the same. Keep an oven thermometer inside to make sure the oven is at the proper temperature. Wondering why your cookies or baked goods didn’t get done? This might be the reason why.
Don’t peek at whatever is baking in the oven! This lets out warm air.
Always combine the wet ingredients together in a separate bowl and the dry ingredients in another bowl. Slowly incorporate them together.
Have any more baking tips? Let me know in the comments below.

Baking Equipment

These are common baking tools every baker should have during the Holidays.

Rectangle Steel Sheet Pan – No matter what you’re making, the durable non-stick and scratch-resistant coating on our cake pans allows your food to slide or pop out easily, making cleanup almost effortless. Non-stick bakeware sets are a must-have for busy cooks

Glass Mixing Bowls – This set includes different sized glass bowls for all your baking and mixing needs.

Cooling Racks – For those who love to bake but have limited space, this three-tiered Wilton cooling rack just solved that problem; cool batches of cookies, cake layers or countless finger foods all at once without sacrificing counter space

Other Recipes to Try

Fresh Blueberry Pie

No Stir Easy Parmesan Risotto

Roasted Shrimp Salad

Perfect Pie Crust

Banana Bread Waffles