Walnut Cranberry Bread With Spiced Orange Butter Food

CRANBERRY WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Place all of the ingredients (except the cranberries and the walnuts) in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select Light Crust and Sweet Cycle and press Start.
• If your machine has a Fruit setting, add the cranberries and walnuts at the signal, or around 5 minutes before the kneading cycle has finished.

ORANGE, SPICED WALNUT AND DRIED CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Mix first 5 ingredients in large bowl to blend. Add nuts; toss to coat well. Strain nuts, reserving liquid. Transfer nuts to baking sheet. Sprinkle nuts with sugar. Bake until golden brown, about 17 minutes. Cool completely.
• Whisk 3/4 cup water, cranberry juice and reserved liquid from nuts in medium saucepan to blend. Stir in dried cranberries. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until cranberries soften and liquid is reduced to thin syrup, about 20 minutes. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Store nuts airtight at room temperature. Cover and chill cranberry mixture.)
• Arrange orange slices on platter. Spoon cranberry mixture over. Sprinkle nuts over. Garnish with mint, if desired.

CRANBERRY ORANGE WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients. In another bowl, beat egg. Add orange juice, zest, butter and hot water. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moistened. Gently fold in cranberries and walnuts. , Spoon into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 1 hour. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

CRANBERRY ORANGE BREAD WITH ORANGE BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Generously grease and flour two 9x5 inch (1-pound) loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
• Make a well in the center and add eggs, 2 cups orange juice, and oil. Mix just until moistened. The batter will be lumpy. DO NOT overmix or bread will be tough.
• Gently stir in the whole cranberries and orange zest.
• Pour into loaf pans and bake for 45-50 minutes or until loaves test done.
• Pour 1/4 cup orange juice over each loaf while still hot.
• Mix confectioners sugar, melted butter, and 1 tablespoon orange juice to make a glaze and drizzle over warm loaves.
• Refrigerate overnight to blend flavors.

CRANBERRY-WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter and flour an 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch loaf pan; set aside. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar on medium speed until combined. Add egg, and beat well. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing until combined (dough will appear very dry). Reduce speed to low; beat in orange zest and juice. Fold in cranberries and walnuts.
• Spread batter in prepared pan, smoothing top. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50 minutes to 1 hour (tent with foil if top is browning too quickly). Cool in pan 10 minutes; run a knife around edges of loaf, and invert onto a wire rack. Turn top side up; cool completely before slicing.

MOM'S CRANBERRY WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Mix cranberries and 1 cup sugar and let stand overnight.
• Mix together flour, 1 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Sift together.
• In a bowl, mix together eggs, orange juice, hot water, melted butter, orange rind and chopped walnuts. Add to dry ingredients.
• Stir in cranberries and pour mixture into two greased and floured bread pans.
• Bake for 1 hours at 325 degrees.

CRANBERRY ORANGE WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease three 8x4-inch loaf pans. Line bottoms with parchment paper, if desired.
• Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add the room-temperature eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Stir in the orange zest.
• Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Add to the egg mixture, alternating with orange juice.
• Coarsely chop the cranberries.
• Pour the flour mixture into the mixing bowl alternately with the orange juice, mixing until just incorporated. Fold in the chopped cranberries and walnuts, mixing just enough to evenly combine. Divide the batter evenly among prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Check for browning: cover the tops with aluminum foil to prevent them from becoming too dark. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaves comes out clean, about 30 minutes more. Cool on wire racks.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease bottom of 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda; cut in the butter until crumbly.
• Add orange peel, orange juice and egg, and stir just until moistened.
• Mix in cranberries and nuts; pour into prepared pan and bake 55 to 65 minutes, or until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool completely before cutting.

CRANBERRY ORANGE BREAD

Steps:

• Gather together the flours, sugar, baking powder, soda, cloves and cinnamon into the sifter, and sift into your mixing bowl. I ground cinnamon bark and whole cloves in my coffee grinder, and they tasted and smelled super-good!
• In another container, mix the orange rind and juice, egg, and melted butter. Stir these wet ingredients into the dry.
• Coarsely chop the cranberries, or give them a couple of quick whirls in a food processor. Add them to the batter along with the optional walnuts, and mix it all through.
• Pour into a buttered loaf pan, and bake at 350F for 1 hour, or until a tester inserted in the centre comes out clean. If I don't have a toothpick, I often use a stick of spaghetti for this task. Cool the bread on a rack, and if you're not going to gobble it all down right away (very tempting!) wrap it tightly to store.

SPICY CRANBERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine 1-1/2 cups cranberries, sugar and orange zest. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and cook for 6-8 minutes or until the cranberries are softened. Remove from the heat; stir in the remaining berries and set aside. , In a large bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and cloves. Combine the eggs, sour cream and butter; stir into dry ingredients just until blended. Fold in cranberries and pecans. , Pour into two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

WALNUT CRANBERRY BUTTER

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat the butter, brown sugar and honey until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add cranberries and walnuts; beat 5 minutes longer or until butter turns pink., Transfer to a sheet of plastic wrap; roll into a log. Refrigerate until chilled. Unwrap and slice or place on a butter dish.

WALNUT CRANBERRY BREAD WITH SPICED ORANGE BUTTER

Steps:

• Add all bread ingredients to bread machine according to manufacturer's directions*. Select basic white bread cycle. Serve with Spiced Orange Butter, if desired.*NOTE: Dried fruits and nuts should be added to your bread machine at the raisin bread cycle, if your machine has one. If not, add them according to the manufacturer's directions or 15 minutes into the kneading cycle.