Cranberry Orange Bread is a delicious quick bread that has the tart flavors of cranberries and the citrusy orange zest that compliment each other beautifully in this bread.
Preheat oven to 350℉. Grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan
In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, cream together softened butter, sugar, eggs and sour cream until well combined. Mix in the orange juice and zest.
Sift in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix with an electic mixer on low speed until combined, scraping the sides as needed.
Stir cranberries into the batter with a spatula until just combined.
Pour into prepared pan and bake at 350℉ for 45-50 minutes until the top is golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool in pan 10 minutes then remove from pan to a wire cooling rack to cool completely before pouring on glaze.
Prepare the glaze in a bowl by whisking together the powdered sugar, orange juice and zest until smooth.
Pour or spread the glaze over completely cooled bread.
Notes
Nutrition information is just an estimate and this was for the whole loaf of bread
Do not over mix the bread batter
Fresh or frozen cranberries can be used in this recipe
If using frozen, allow them to thaw before using in the batter
This recipe can be split into two smaller loaf pans and baked for 30-40 minutes