Pumpkin Cranberry Bread with Orange Glaze

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It’s fall and the pumpkins are everywhere; I love it. I love the color of fall, falling leaves, the cooler weather and all things made with pumpkin.  Once I see my first pumpkin of the season I know it’s time to bake my fall favorite, Pumpkin Cranberry Bread with Orange Glaze.  If you like quick bread give this recipe a try, it is packed with the flavor from pumpkin, cranberries and lots of spices. Plus, this recipe makes two loaves so after you bake them you can eat one now and freeze one for later.

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Classic Pumpkin Cranberry Bread

Top with a simple orange cinnamon icing

This bread will make your kitchen smell like warm baked spicy goodness from the pumpkin, the sweet cranberries and all the fall spices of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg. There is nothing better than a warm slice of this moist bread with a hot cup of tea or cider, or maybe even a maple latte.  Warm-up a slice for breakfast or an afternoon snack.

Pumpkin is such a wonderful ingredient because it goes with so many flavors.

fruit – apples, pears, cherries, cranberries

nuts -pecans, walnuts, pistachios, macadamia

chocolate – dark chocolate is a great addition

spices – cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom, and ginger

liquids – honey, maple syrup, bourbon

Types of Cranberries and their uses –

Fresh cranberries are definitely seasonal showing up around November to January,  Luckily they freeze well so I buy quite a few bags to last me throughout the year.

Eating fresh cranberries can be too tart to eat by themselves.  The fresh berries are usually added to salads and baked goods, oatmeal, and savory dishes.

Dried cranberries are sweet and chewy like a raisin and perfect for snacking, tossed in salads,  and they add great flavor to cooked and baked items.

Canned Cranberry Sauce is something I don’t use a lot but for this recipe, I make the exception. I like how moist it makes this bread and it’s full of cranberries, so don’t be afraid of using this cranberry sauce in baking. I guess you could call this a Pumpkin Cranberry Bread with Canned Cranberries.

Pumpkin Cranberry Sauce Bread Recipe Ingredients

This quick bread has a long list of ingredients but spices are what makes this bread so tasty.

1. Flour
2. Brown Sugar
3. Baking Powder
4. Baking Soda
5. Salt
6. Cinnamon
7. Nutmeg
8. Cloves
9. Pumpkin Puree
10. Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
11. Pecans
12. Vegetable Oil
13. Eggs

Ingredients for the Orange Glaze

1. Powdered Sugar
2. Orange Juice
3. Cinnamon

This is what I use for the pumpkin puree and the cranberry sauce. Both can easily be found in most markets.

For all you pumpkin lovers lets bake some bread.  Making a quick bread is well….quick, no yeast, no waiting for the dough to rise, just mix and bake.

How to make pumpkin cranberry bread

•  Measure all the dry ingredients in a large bowl
• Mix the pumpkin puree, cranberry sauce, eggs and oil in a smaller bowl
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until combined
• Once the ingredients are mixed up, pour into the bread pans and bake

This makes a dark-colored bread since I use dark brown sugar because I like the flavor but feel free to use white sugar, a mixture of white and brown sugar or use coconut sugar.

While your bread is baking and your kitchen is smelling deliciously spicy you can go ahead and make the simple 3-ingredient orange icing.  Just mix powdered sugar, orange juice, and cinnamon. Sweet and spicy!

Once the bread has cooled top with that sweet orange icing and watch it drizzle down the sides of your fresh-baked bread.

I love how the icing flows into all the nooks and crannies in the bread.

The best way to slice a quick bread is to make nice big 1/2″ thick slices.

Need another pumpkin recipe?  This Spicy Pumpkin Sheet Cake with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting is a favorite.

Ready to bake some bread? I promise you will love the pumpkin bread,  it really is my favorite.

Get your bread pans ready – here is my favorite LeCreuset pan for baking bread.

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Pumpkin Cranberry Bread with Orange Glaze

The is a moist pumpkin bread full of cranberries, pecans, and tasty fall spices.

Course Quick Bread

Cuisine Breads

Keyword pumpkin, pumpkin bread

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Servings 2 loaves

Calories 246kcal

Author Jere @ onehotoven.com

Equipment

• Bread pan
• Mixing bowl

Ingredients

Bread Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups AP flour
• 1 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 tsp. ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 16 oz. pumpkin puree
• 16 oz. can whole berry cranberry sauce
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• 2/3 cups canola oil
• 4 eggs

Orange Glaze Ingredients

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/8 cup orange juice
• 1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Grease two 9 x 5 loaf pans
• Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
• In another large bowl mix the pumpkin, cranberry sauce, pecans and oil.
• Break the eggs into a small bowl and beat. Pour the eggs into the pumpkin bowl and stir until combined.
• Bake for 60 - 70 minutes, test with a toothpick
• Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pans
• Cool the bread in the pans for 10 minutes then remove to a cooling rack.
• Mix the glaze ingredients together
• When the bread is completely cooled drizzle the glaze on top of the bread.
• Cover the bread with plastic wrap. This bread will keep on the counter for two days or in the refrigerator for five days.

Notes

This recipe is enough for two loaves of bread.  You can cut the recipe in half to make one loaf.

If you are not going to eat the second loaf of bread immediately, wrap the cooled loaf in plastic wrap, then in foil and freeze for up to six months.  When ready to eat remove from the freezer and remove the foil and plastic wrap, and let sit a room temperature to defrost.

One Hot Oven provides approximate nutritional information as a courtesy and cannot guarantee the accuracy for any recipe on this blog.

Nutrition

Serving: 1slices | Calories: 246kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Fat: 9.3g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 143mg

 Pumpkin Cranberry Bread with Orange Icing Drizzle

There is nothing better than a slice and this pumpkin cranberry sauce bread that is full of plump cranberries, pecans and your favorite fall spices that add that extra special flavor to this bread.

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