Cranberry Sweet Bread Recipe with Orange Zest and Rosemary

This cranberry sweet bread is an amazing treat you have to make during the holidays. The combination of sweet, moist bread with tart cranberries, orange zest and rosemary with an orange rosemary glaze is the perfect combination.

Course bread, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword cranberry bread, cranberry sweet bread

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 50

Cooling time 1

Servings servings

Calories 246kcal

Ingredients

1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup canola oil
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cup all purpose flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
dash salt
1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries
zest of one orange
1 tablespoon fresh minced rosemary

Orange Rosemary Glaze

2 tablespoons melted butter
1/4 cup orange juice use the juice from the orange you zested
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-2 tablespoons heavy cream or milk
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon orange zest
1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl mix together your wet ingredients. Start with your oil and sugar until creamed together. You can use a stand mixer, hand mixer, or mix this by hand(that is what I do)/
Add your eggs and vanilla and continue to mix. Once combined, add your milk and mix.
Next add your dry ingredients: your salt, baking powder, flour and stir til just combined.
Last add your cranberries, orange zest, and rosemary and fold them into the batter.
Grease 2 8 by 4 bread pans. You can use the larger ones too but the bread wont be as tall. You can also put the entire thing in one large bread pan. I like to add a piece of parchment paper to the bottom of the pan to allow it to release easier from the pan.
Pour half the batter into one pan and the other half into the other. You can add some cranberries to the top of the batter to make a pretty design or presentation. Totally optional.
Bake on the center rack in the oven for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Let the bread cool for about 20 minutes on a wire rack before removing them from the loaf pans (if you want to take them out) You can also serve it in the pan.
Once the bread has cooled completely its time to top it with the glaze.
Whisk together the melted butter, milk, powdered sugar, vanilla and orange juice, zest and rosemary in a small bowl. Drizzle the glaze over the entire top of the bread and let it set up. Slice and enjoy!
Store leftovers in the fridge in an airtight container.

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