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Vegan Cranberry Orange Bread

November 12, 2022

This vegan cranberry bread is bursting with berries and spices and topped with a candy orange glaze. The right deal with for vacation baking!

Overhead view of a loaf of Vegan Cranberry Bread with orange slices and fresh cranberries.

Is it time for vacation baking but? It is okay if it is too early! I imply, personally might bake vacation goodies all 12 months lengthy, however I get that it is not for everybody.

This vegan cranberry bread is a good recipe to start out your vacation baking with. That is as a result of it would not should be for the vacations. Its actually a fall recipe if you consider it!

With seasonal cranberries, warming spices, and a touch of orange, it is festive sufficient for vacation gifting, but in addition only for having fun with your self with a giant cup of tea in the course of the first few chilly days of the 12 months. I you occur to be shopping for a bag of cranberries for Thanksgiving, maybe to prepare dinner up a batch of my spiced wine cranberry sauce, simply seize a second bag to make this bread. They’re often discounted when you purchase two anyway!

Sliced loaf of Vegan Cranberry Bread on a dish with twinkle lights in the background.

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Components You will Want

Flour. We’re utilizing plain outdated all-purpose wheat flour (in any other case referred to as white flour). Complete wheat pastry flour or spelt flour must also work simply superb.
Sugar. Use natural sugar to maintain the recipe vegan.
Brown sugar. This additionally must be natural.
Baking soda.
Cinnamon.
Cloves.
Salt.
Non-dairy milk. Nearly any selection that is unflavored and unsweetened will work superb. Attempt almond milk, cashew milk, or oat milk. For those who use the next protein selection like soy milk it would separate a bit once you combine it with the orange juice, however this would possibly not have an effect on the end result of the recipe.
Vegetable oil. Be at liberty to make use of your favourite baking oil, similar to canola oil or melted coconut oil.
Orange juice. Watch out, as some manufacturers or orange juice comprise animal derived components. I do know, proper?! Get some steering on what to look out for on this article, or simply purchase an orange or two and squeeze your personal (you will want it for the zest anyway).
Vanilla extract.
Orange zest. See, I instructed you you’d want this!
Recent cranberries. These can be found in most supermarkets in the course of the fall months.
Pecans. You’ll be able to go away these out or substitute one other kind of nut, similar to walnuts, if you would like.
Powdered sugar. Once more, purchase natural to maintain the recipe vegan.

How It is Made

The next is an in depth photograph tutorial on how one can make this dish. Scroll all the way in which down if you would like to skip proper to the recipe!

Whisk your dry components collectively in a big mixing bowl: flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.

Dry cranberry bread ingredients in a mixing bowl with whisk.

Stir your moist components collectively in a separate container, milk, oil, orange juice, vanilla, and orange zest. A big liquid measuring cup works nice for this.

Hand stirring liquid ingredients for Vegan Cranberry Bread together in a liquid measuring cup.

Pour the moist combination into the bowl with the dry components and stir the whole lot up simply till mixed. Keep away from overmixing the batter, even when there are some lumps. This can guarantee your loaf has the very best texture.
Fold in contemporary cranberries and chopped pecans.

Hand stirring cranberries into a bowl of quick bread batter.

Pour the batter right into a loaf pan and clean out the highest with a spoon or spatula.
Pop the pan right into a preheated oven and bake your vegan cranberry bread till a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clear of batter.

Tip: Inserting a strip of parchment paper alongside the middle or your loaf pan like I’ve carried out within the photograph beneath will make it easier to to take away the loaf after baking.

Cranberry bread batter in a loaf pan.

Place the loaf pan on a cooling rack and permit the bread to chill earlier than eradicating it from the pan.
In the meantime, stir some powdered sugar along with a pair tablespoons of orange juice to make the glaze.
Slice your loaf and drizzle it with glaze when it is cool.

Spoon drizzling glaze over slices of Vegan Cranberry Bread.

Shelf-Life & Storage

Vegan cranberry bread will maintain in an hermetic container at room temperature for about 3 days, within the fridge for a few week, or within the freezer for about 3 months.

Regularly Requested Questions

Can this vegan cranberry bread be made gluten-free?

I have never tried making a gluten-free model, however I feel it will work with an all-purpose gluten-free flour mix similar to these made by Bob’s Crimson Mill or King Arthur Flour.

Can I make this bread with frozen cranberries?

Sure you possibly can!

Can this recipe be baked into muffins?

I am positive it will possibly (most fast breads can), however have not examined it myself. The bake time will nearly definitely be shorter. I might start testing your muffins for doneness at about 18 minutes. Gently press on the highest of 1 — if it springs again, they’re carried out. Or, when you’re up for attempting a more healthy variation, make my cranberry orange quinoa muffins.

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Overhead view of a sliced loaf of Vegan Cranberry Bread with orange slices and fresh cranberries.