Fall is my favorite time of year. It’s the beginning of the baking season, something all of us who love to bake think about all year. It’s not the holidays without baking a couple of loaves of pumpkin or apple bread, or a dozen or so cranberry or zucchini muffins.
I picked up a 2-pound bag of fresh cranberries this week, so I’ve thought about recipes that work well with fresh tart cranberries. The first thing on my list is Classic Cranberry Pecan Bread. The sweet aroma of orange fills the kitchen while the bread is baking, but its flavor is not noticeable in the baked bread. The sweet bread and the soft tart cranberries are a perfect match. Classic cranberry pecan bread is super moist. The pecans, I think, helps keep the bread moist, and gives it a light earthy taste.
Fresh baked classic cranberry pecan bread will last in the pantry two or three days wrapped in plastic wrap, up to a week in the refrigerator wrapped in plastic wrap, or up to three months in the freezer if wrapped in plastic wrap and stored in freezer bags.
Classic Cranberry Pecan Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup pulp-free orange juice
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
- 1 large egg well beaten
- 1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Coat a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with baking spray.
- Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda in a medium mixing bowl. Stir in orange juice, orange peel, shortening and egg. Mix until well blended. Stir in cranberries and nuts. Spread evenly in loaf pan.
- Bake for 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 15 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely. Wrap and store overnight. Makes 1 loaf.
Recipe Notes
Adapted slightly from the Ocean Spray® Class Cranberry Nut Bread recipe.
NOTE:
This post is part of the Pinterest Party Thanksgiving Recipe Blog Hop. You can follow along with us by going to the posts listed below:
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Yum! Thanks for sharing 🙂
This sounds so delicious! Yum!
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
What a lovely seasonal bread! I look forward to trying your delicious recipe. Thank you for sharing your Cranberry Pecan Bread with us at the Hearth and Soul Hop.
This is a fall favorite for me and your recipe looks delicious! Thanks for sharing on MMM! 🙂
Cathy
I used to make a bread similar to this before I had to give up gluten and it was always a holiday favorite. You can’t go wrong with orange and cranberries! I bet your version is fabulous!
This looks so tasty. Can you beileve that I’ve never tried cranberries, well besides juice and I think maybe a bite out of the can once…it never looked appealing to me. But this looks so great with the fresh cranberries…you might just get me to try them! Thank you for sharing with us at Throwback Thursday, we hope to see you again this week.
Delicious love this holiday themed quick bread, thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop, pinning. and tweeting.
Sounds delicious and would be so yummy for the holidays! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
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Jann
This is a beautiful bread and looks delicious. Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great day!
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Miz Helen
Oh Yum! What a great Fall Bread! Thanks for sharing on My 2 Favorite Things on Thursday!! Hope to see you again this week!! Pinned!
Sounds like fall!
Love it!
On my to-do list 😀
Thanks for the recipe M
Michelle
This looks delicious, Sherry. Great flavor combination. Pinning.
Looks good Sherry! Will have to try this. We love quick breads in our house!
Just added cranberries to my grocery list alongside the pecans that were already on there; can’t wait to try this recipe. Pinned! 🙂
Looks delicious – can’t wait to try!