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    Pumpkin Cranberry Bread with Orange Glaze

    Published: Oct 3, 2019 · Modified: Feb 5, 2020 by Jere Cassidy · This post may contain affiliate links. · 24 Comments

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    Indulge in the warm, comforting flavors of autumn with our delectable Pumpkin Cranberry Bread, generously adorned with a tantalizing Orange Icing drizzle. This bread will make your kitchen smell like warm baked spicy goodness

    Pumpkin Cranberry Bread with a cup of tea

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    Ah, fall's here, and pumpkins are everywhere - gotta love it, right? I'm all about those fall vibes, from the beautiful autumn colors and falling leaves to that crisp chill in the air and anything pumpkin-flavored. And you know what? When I lay eyes on my first pumpkin of the season, it's a clear sign to whip up my go-to fall fave: Pumpkin Cranberry Bread.

    If you're into quick bread, you've got to make this recipe. It's bursting with that cozy pumpkin goodness, sweet cranberries, and a bunch of warm spices like cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Plus, this recipe makes two loaves of bread, so you can enjoy one right away and the other can be frozen or given as a gift.

    Nothing beats slicing into this moist fall-flavored bread, grabbing a hot cup of tea, cider, or maybe even a maple latte, and just chillin'. Whether you're starting your day or need a cozy afternoon pick-me-up, it's a winner.

    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

    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.  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.

    • Flour
    • Brown Sugar
    • Baking Powder
    • Baking Soda
    • Salt
    • Cinnamon
    • Nutmeg
    • Cloves
    • Pumpkin Puree - make sure to use pumpkin puree and not pumpkin pie mix.
    • Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce - use the whole berry and not the jellied cranberry sauce
    • Pecans
    • Vegetable Oil
    • Eggs

    Ingredients for the Orange Glaze

    • Powdered Sugar
    • Orange Juice
    • Cinnamon
    Pumpkin, butter, cranberry sauces, eggs, flour and spices for pumpkin cranberry bread.

    For all you pumpkin lovers, let's 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, and oil in a large mixing bowl
    • Beat the egg in a small bowl and stir into the pumpkin.
    • Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and stir until combined
    • Once the ingredients are mixed up, pour them into the bread pans and bake
    Mixing cranberry sauce into the pumpkin bread batter

    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!

    pumpkin cranberry bread with orange icing

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

    Drizzling icing on a pumpkin cranberry bread

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

    Iced pumpkin cranberry bread

    The best way to slice a quick bread is to make nice big ½" thick slices.

    Slices of pumpkin cranberry bread with orange icing

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

    Bake these Pumpkin Scones for a delicious fall favorite recipe.

    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.

    A white Le cruset bread pan.
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    Recipe

    Sliced Pumpkin cranberry bread on a white board.

    Pumpkin Cranberry Bread with Orange Glaze

    Jere' Cassidy
    The is a moist pumpkin bread full of cranberries, pecans, and tasty fall spices.
    4.93 from 52 votes
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    Prep Time 30 minutes mins
    Cook Time 1 hour hr
    Total Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins
    Course Quick Bread
    Cuisine Breads
    Servings 2 loaves
    Calories 246 kcal

    Equipment

    • Bread pan
    • Mixing bowl

    Ingredients
      

    Bread Ingredients

    • 3 ½ cups AP flour
    • 1 ⅓ cup brown sugar
    • 1 tsp. baking powder
    • 2 teaspoons baking soda
    • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
    • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
    • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 16 ounces pumpkin puree
    • 16 ounces whole berry cranberry sauce
    • ¾ cup pecans chopped
    • ⅔ cups canola oil
    • 4 eggs

    Orange Glaze Ingredients

    • 1 cup powdered sugar
    • ⅛ cup orange juice
    • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 350° F.
    • Grease two 9 x 5 loaf pans
    • Mix all the dry ingredients together 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 bowl with the pumpkin mixture and stir until combined. Then stir in the flour mixture until combined
    • Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pans
    • Bake for 60 - 70 minutes, test with a toothpick
    • 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: 1slicesCalories: 246kcalCarbohydrates: 36gFat: 9.3gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 143mg
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    First published: Oct 19, 2015, Last updated: Sept. 1, 2022, for better readability.

     

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    About Jere'

    From learning to cook on a farm in Indiana to culinary school in California, my passion for food is never-ending.  Turning on my oven to bake something for friends and family is my happy place, and I am glad to be here at One Hot Oven sharing both sweet and savory family-friendly recipes for your cooking and baking inspiration.

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    1. Jere Cassidy

      November 23, 2022 at 3:07 pm

      Yes, that's right. This was a total failure on my part in writing this post so it was understandable.

      Reply
    2. Sophie

      November 05, 2019 at 7:10 pm

      5 stars
      I love this recipe. Thank you for sharing. Now I should make this for my family

      Reply
      • Jere Cassidy

        November 08, 2019 at 4:56 pm

        Thanks, this is a great recipe.

        Reply
    3. Marthana Sharp

      November 01, 2019 at 6:54 am

      5 stars
      Seriously, I just the canned cranberry sauce for all kinds of recipes but I have never used it in bread, so I tried it and wow does it ever add moistness and flavor to this bread. I love this recipe makes two loaves. I froze one for Thanksgiving day. Just one less dessert I have to worry about.

      Reply
    4. Lathiya

      October 30, 2019 at 1:11 pm

      5 stars
      This sounds like a perfect recipe to try for this pumpkin season. The orange glaze sure adds the flavor to the bread.

      Reply
      • Jere Cassidy

        October 30, 2019 at 6:06 pm

        I love the pumpkin and orange flavors together. It's great bread.

        Reply
    5. Ramona

      October 21, 2019 at 3:36 am

      5 stars
      This pumpkin and cranberry bread looks delicious and would make me so happy in the morning with my cuppa coffee or a slice after my gym sesh. I will be definitely making this as I have all ingredients ;-). So excited to making this bread now and take with me as I tend to snack on wrong stuff lately after my gym lately. Perfect timing!! Thanks so much for sharing this beauty!

      Reply
      • Jere Cassidy

        October 22, 2019 at 2:53 pm

        I have been known to eat the wrong things after my workout too. I guess that is why I work out!

        Reply
    6. Jenni LeBaron

      October 20, 2019 at 9:55 pm

      5 stars
      This pumpkin cranberry bread looks and sounds absolutely delicious! I would love to serve this for breakfast with a big pot of tea!

      Reply
      • Jere Cassidy

        October 22, 2019 at 2:53 pm

        Yes, it is perfect with a big pot of tea.

        Reply
    7. Elena

      October 18, 2019 at 6:53 am

      5 stars
      This is such an amazing flavor combo! Perfect for the holidays!

      Reply
      • Jere Cassidy

        October 19, 2019 at 9:44 am

        It's hard not to have pumpkin and cranberry flavors for the holidays.

        Reply
    8. Stine Mari

      October 18, 2019 at 3:20 am

      5 stars
      This looks so comforting with all the warming spices that all pair so well with pumpkin. I love using cranberry sauce in baked goods, and so I will have to try this recipe once I get my hands on some cranberries.

      Reply
      • Jere Cassidy

        October 19, 2019 at 9:43 am

        I agree cranberry sauce adds great flavor and texture to baked goods.

        Reply
    9. Erika

      October 17, 2019 at 8:28 pm

      5 stars
      This bread sounds delicious with the addition of cranberries. That glaze looks great.

      Reply
      • Jere Cassidy

        October 19, 2019 at 9:44 am

        I love the orange glaze, it adds the perfect flavor to the bread

        Reply
    10. Jacqui Debono

      October 17, 2019 at 5:52 am

      5 stars
      This is a perfect Christmas morning recipe, just like Kacie said! I can't wait for the smell of it baking, and I think I might do a few practices with it, just to get me in the Christmas mood!

      Reply
      • Jere Cassidy

        October 19, 2019 at 9:45 am

        We just baked again for store in the freezer for Christmas morning. I love you get to loaves at once.

        Reply
    11. Kacie

      October 17, 2019 at 1:56 am

      5 stars
      This sounds like the perfect bread for the festive season; I can just imagine nibbling on a hunk of it, toasted with butter on Christmas Day morning.

      Reply
      • Jere Cassidy

        October 19, 2019 at 9:46 am

        I agree, I love toasting the bread to bring out more flavors and then the butter just melts right into all the nooks and crannies.

        Reply
    12. Steve

      January 14, 2018 at 2:45 am

      5 stars
      I have searched for this recipe after losing it a while ago. It appeared on the side of a can of supermarket brand pumpkin in the mid 80's. We always baked the whole recipe in our large Bundt pan. Such a good bread.

      Reply
      • OneHotOven

        January 18, 2018 at 12:22 am

        Isn't it nice to finally find an old recipe? I'm just getting ready to post a bread recipe I finally found that my mom used in the 70's. I went back in my books to look at this recipe and it was from Wesson Oil, I think it was an advertisement in a magazine. I'm going to try this in a bundt pan as well. Thanks ~ Jere'

        Reply
    13. Julia

      April 09, 2017 at 3:34 am

      Where did you get that square an with the individual sections?

      Reply
      • OneHotOven

        April 09, 2017 at 5:27 pm

        The square pan with the triangles is a Wilton pan. I bought it at Michaels several years ago. I love it.

        Reply

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