Cranberry Orange Pumpkin Bread is made with all of your favorite fall flavors! Soft, moist, cranberry orange bread recipe that has pumpkin in it too!
We love cranberry orange bread and we love pumpkin bread, and now we have found a way to combine the two!
CRANBERRY ORANGE PUMPKIN BREAD
This delicious quick bread is made with pumpkin puree, orange juice and fresh cranberries. All of these flavors combined are absolutely delicious and perfect for fall. Add a few more basic ingredients and pour everything into a bread pan to bake. The bread is delicious just the way that it is, but you can add a simple glaze if you’d like. Or eat a slice warm with a scoop of ice cream for dessert!
WHY WE THINK YOU’LL LOVE THIS CRANBERRY ORANGE PUMPKIN BREAD RECIPE:
- Soft and moist bread every single time. The thing that sets this recipe apart from other cranberry orange bread is the addition of pumpkin.
- Easy to make and share! I love gifting quick breads to neighbors and friends. It only takes about 10 minutes to mix up the batter and the recipe yields 1 large loaves or 2-3 mini loaves. Everyone loves a loaf of fresh sweet bread!
- Absolutely delicious! Recently I began adding a cream cheese drizzle on the top just because it is pretty, and let’s face it – this bread tastes kinda like cake anyways so we might as well add some frosting!
HOW MANY LOAVES OF BREAD DOES THIS RECIPE MAKE?
This recipe can make 1 large loaf of cranberry orange pumpkin bread or 2-3 mini loaves of bread. I usually make the smaller loaves so that I can share with friends and neighbors, and I often double the batter so I can make more! The larger loaves bake for 55-60 minutes and the smaller loaves bake for 40-45 minutes.
Ingredients in Cranberry Orange Pumpkin Bread
Pumpkin – You will need 8 ounces of pumpkin. Make sure NOT to use pumpkin pie filling! You can also use homemade pumpkin puree if you’d like.
Eggs – You will need 2 large eggs to help bind everything together.
Oil – The recipe calls for vegetable or canola oil, but I almost always use coconut oil. Just make sure it is melted before mixing in with the other ingredients.
Orange juice – You can use any type of orange juice, but the kinds with pulp in them will make the orange flavor a little bit stronger in the bread.
Sugar – Yep, that’s kind of a lot of sugar, but I never claimed this bread was healthy! You can reduce the sugar a little bit if you’d like, but don’t leave it out!
Flour – All purpose flour works best.
Baking soda – This is the leavening agent in the bread, so make sure it isn’t old or expired!
Salt – Just a little bit of salt helps all of the other flavors to pop!
Pumpkin pie spice – You will need 1/2 tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice. Pumpkin pie spice is a delicious blend of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves. Easy to make your own if you don’t have any, but this spice is an absolute staple at my house in the fall – it seems like I use it in almost every recipe I make.
Cranberries – You can use fresh or frozen cranberries in this bread recipe. If you use frozen cranberries, you may need to increase the baking time by a few minutes.
How to make Cranberry Orange Pumpkin Bread
Preheat oven to 350°.
Spray a 9×5 bread pan with cooking spray and then flour the pan to ensure the loaf doesn’t stick.
In a large bowl, add the pumpkin purée, eggs, vegetable oil, orange juice, and sugar. Whisk to combine and set aside.
In a smaller bowl, add the flour, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin spice and whisk together.
Then, pour the flour mixture into the large bowl with the wet ingredients and whisk together, do not over mix.
Add the cranberries and gently fold them into the mixture.
Pour into the bread pan and bake in the oven for 55-60 minutes. Check with a toothpick for doneness.
Remove from the oven and let it cool in the pan for at least 5 minutes before removing. Slice and enjoy!
Cranberry Orange Pumpkin Bread
Ingredients
- 8 ounces pumpkin purée
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ⅓ cup orange juice
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 ¾ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoons salt
- ½ Tbsp pumpkin pie spice
- 2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Spray a 9×5 bread pan with cooking spray and flour the pan to ensure the loaf doesn’t stick.
- In a large bowl, add the pumpkin purée, eggs, vegetable oil, orange juice, and sugar. Whisk to combine and set aside.
- In a smaller bowl, add the flour, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin spice and whisk together.
- Then, pour the flour mixture into the large bowl with the wet ingredients and whisk together, do not over mix.
- Add the cranberries and gently fold them into the mixture.
- Pour into the bread pan and bake in the oven for 55-60 minutes. Check with a toothpick for doneness.
- Remove from the oven and let it cool in the pan for at least 5 minutes before removing. Slice and enjoy!
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CAN YOU MAKE THIS QUICK BREAD RECIPE HEALTHY?
Quick breads are not known for being super healthy – we all know that they are pretty much cake in bread form, but there are some things that you can do to make this cranberry orange pumpkin bread a little bit healthier!
- Swap out some or all of the oil with applesauce. This does change the consistency a little bit, but the bread will still taste great and will have less fat and calories!
- Swap out some or all of the white flour with whole wheat flour.
- Reduce the sugar. I would start by reducing the sugar by about 1/2 cup and if you still think the bread is sweet enough, you could try reducing that even more the next time around.
More tips for making perfect Cranberry Orange Pumpkin bread:
- You can use pulp or non-pulp orange juice. If you use pulp you will get slightly more orange flavor than if you use non pulp!
- If you use frozen cranberries, you do not need to let them thaw before baking. I promise they will work just fine! It may add a few minutes of baking time if you do use frozen.
MORE AMAZING QUICK BREAD RECIPES THAT WE LOVE:
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- Easy Lemon Quick Bread
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- Dutch Apple Quick Bread
- Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Quick Bread
- Caramel Banana Nut Bread
- Best Ever Pumpkin Bread
- Lemon Buttermilk Quick Bread
- Caramel Apple Quick Bread
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- Peppermint Chocolate Quick Bread
- Cranberry Orange Quick Bread
- Cinnamon Roll Quick Bread
Cranberry Orange Pumpkin Bread is made with all of your favorite fall flavors! Soft, moist, cranberry orange bread recipe that has pumpkin in it too!
Taryn says
Great combination of flavors, moist, and delicious! I love this recipe.
Brandy says
I love orange/cranberry together but never added it in with pumpkin. I have been missing out. What an amazing flavor combination. My family ate this bread up so fast!