Orange Cranberry Bread with Glaze

Total Time: 89 Minutes, Servings: 12 Servings

Ingredients :

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tbsp orange zest
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1¼ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 6 tbsp sour cream
• 1½ tbsp milk (can use heavy cream or half and half)
• ½ cup freshly squeezed orange juice ((you’ll need 2 navel oranges for this total recipe))
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• 1½ tsp almond extract
• 1¾ cups fresh cranberries
• 1½ tbsp all-purpose flour

Orange Icing Glaze

• 1 cup powdered confectioners’ sugar
• ½ tsp orange zest
• 2 tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice
• ½ tsp almond extract

Instructions :

• Combine sugar and orange zest. Mix until sugar takes on an orange color; set aside.
• In a separate bowl, beat sour cream, milk, orange juice, vegetable oil, eggs, and almond extract on low just until combined.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Add dry ingredients plus orange sugar mixture to wet ingredients.
• Mix on low until smooth.
• Toss 1½ tbsp flour with cranberries. This will prevent the cranberries from moving too much.
• Fold in cranberries with bread batter.
• Grease and lightly flour a 9×5 loaf pan.
• Evenly spread batter into pan.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake for 70-85 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (mine took 79 minutes). Tent with foil last 15 minutes of baking.
• Allow to cool 10 minutes then flip upside down to remove. Place on a cooling rack.
• Mix together orange glaze ingredients. Once completely cool, drizzle over bread. Slice into 12 slices.

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