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Cranberry Whole Orange Bread is a delicious tea bread made with fresh orange pulp and cranberries.
Looking for an easy quick bread bursting with citrus flavor and bright orange color? Try this Cranberry Whole Orange Bread.
Before we jump into the recipe, I want to tell you a few things about the ingredients:
Cranberries: I sure hope you can still buy some fresh cranberries this late in the season or you saved a few bags in your freezer. If not, you can use fresh or frozen blueberries instead.
Oranges: As much as I love navel oranges, you don’t want to use them for this recipe. They have too much pith (the white stuff in the peel) that can make this bitter. Also, since you are going to use the entire orange, peel and all, I highly recommend using organic fruit or at the least scrub the peel very well before using.
Cranberry Whole Orange Bread
Ingredients
- 2 small thin skinned organic oranges
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- ⅔ milk
- 1 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons double acting baking powder
- ½ cup fresh or frozen cranberries or blueberries (roughly chopped)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a loaf pan.
- Remove the stems from the oranges and cut into quarters. Remove seeds. Puree in food processor or blender until smooth. You should have about 2/3 cup of orange puree.
- Add egg, milk and melted butter and pulse a few times until combined.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and sugar. Add liquid and fold until moistened. If batter is too dry add additional milk a tablespoon more at a time.
- Fold in chopped cranberries.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
I got about a third of the way through my back-to-normal routine list yesterday, so hoping for the next third today!
I hear that! And we are still on break and were trapped inside with a lovely rainstorm the last few days.
I love this recipe – I have an orange cake/bread recipe but yours is better! I love the idea of a whole orange in the bread. I mostly find organic navel oranges around here. What kind should I use? Definitely making this if I can find the oranges. I have packs of frozen cranberries in my freezer to get me through months of no cranberries. I put them in lots of stuff.
Would 3 satsumas or tangerines work?
As long as you end up with about 2/3 cup of puree you can use any citrus. I am imagining lemon and blueberry when blueberries are fresh. You may want to peel one of the tangerines before putting in the food processor or it could be a bit too much peel.
I only grabbed 2 bags this year, I will have to portion them out carefully to last me until fall.
Thank you for hosting. I linked my mom’s tuna noodle casserole recipe, a mac and cheese even an adult can love, and a healthy dump and go soup.. I hope you enjoy them! Have a happy week! #OverTheMoon #WWBlogHop #ThursdayFavoriteThings
Tuna Noodle Casserole? Lent is coming….
Oh my gosh, Audrey…my mouth is watering just looking at this bread recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Amanda