Take-out Tuesday, Cranberry Holiday Bread
Here’s a little quick bread you can whip up for family or as a gift for friends
Cream cheese is the secret ingredient that makes it moist and irresistible
and cranberry sauce gives it flavor and holiday color
You can mix it up in minutes
It makes 2 loaves,
One to keep and one to give!
Glaze the bread with more cranberry sauce while it’s hot from the oven and then let the bread cool completely before removing from the pan
Sprinkle the top with sparkling sugar or decorative sprinkles
This recipe is adapted from Cream Cheese Cranberry Bread from Julie’s Eats & Treats
Cranberry Holiday Bread
Equipment
- 2 loaf pans
Ingredients
- 2 sticks 1 cup butter, softened
- 8 oz. cream cheese softened
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 T cream cheese emulsion* optional
- 1 1/2 cups whole berry cranberry sauce divided
- sparkling sugar or sprinkles for garnish
Instructions
- Combine cream cheese, butter, sugar, vanilla, and cream cheese emulsion in mixing bowl or stand mixer until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, incorporating each one before adding the next.
- In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Slowly add flour mixture to wet ingredients in mixing bowl. Fold in 1 1/4 cups cranberry sauce, and pour batter into 2 greased loaf pans.
- Bake at 350 for 35-50 minutes, until golden on top and tester comes out clean. Immediately glaze tops of hot bread with remaining cranberry sauce, spreading it evenly over bread. Let bread cool completely.
- Carefully remove bread from pans, using a knife to go around all the edges so bread will release. Turn pans over onto a board to release bread and then immediately turn bread over, cranberry glaze side up.
- Garnish loaves with sparkling sugar or sprinkles. Wrap loaves tightly in saran and store in refrigerator or at room temperature. Slice to serve.
- Makes 2 loaves.
It’s perfect for breakfast or an afternoon snack
*Cream Cheese Emulsion is optional, I found mine at Home Goods, but you can also order it online here
Stay Jolly!
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Jenna, this looks yummy! I wish I had a slice this morning to go with my tea. I love anything with cream cheese in it. I have pinned this recipe and can’t wait to try it. Thanks for sharing, and I hope that you have a wonderful day!!!
I perfect loaf to give or gift for the holidays Jenna! I hadn’t seen the cream cheese emulsion…I bet that would boost the cream cheese flavor in cream cheese ice cream! 🙂
A nice seasonal bread! I like the dinner in a stocking too, love the flavors:@)
Yum. And love dinner in a stocking. 😜
Yum, looks really good!
Jenna, if only I had a slice of that yummy bread with my Italian roast coffee this morning.. looks delicious!
Looks yum! I’m headed to the kitchen in a few for another day of baking!
This looks wonderful and what a great gift it would be!!
This bread looks delicious! YUM!
One to keep and one to give, that sounds perfect. 😀
Hi Jenna,
Your Cranberry Holiday Bread looks delicious, I just love cranberry bread. Hope you have a fantastic weekend and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
Your bread looks so yummy, Jenna, and I love the snowflakes sprinkled on top!
I’m off to check out dinner in a stocking….