DIY Christmas gifts: Make a mini cranberry bread loaf
When it comes to homemade Christmas food gifts, these mini cranberry bread loaves take the cake!
Sweet, scrumptious and perfectly spiced, it's easy to bake and will fill your home with the enticing scents of fresh cranberry bread, citrus and warm spices. You’ll love baking these treats as much as your family and friends will enjoy receiving them! Make sure you bake a few loaves for yourself -- you’ll be glad you did.
Studded with fresh cranberries and golden raisins, spiced with cinnamon and ginger, decadently sweetened and with a hint of orange, this is truly the best cranberry bread recipe.
Decoratively wrap your mini loaves of moist cranberry bread in paper or cellophane gift bag topped with a ribbon, then gift your loved ones. It will make the holiday season a easier to rely on easy homemade treats, like these delicious little cranberry breads, for your holiday gift-giving!
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Ingredients
1-1/2 cups fresh cranberries
2 cups all-purpose white flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cold butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
1 egg, beaten
3/4 cup orange juice
1 teaspoon orange rind, grated
1-1/2 cups golden raisins
1 gift bag
Holiday ribbon
Instructions
Chop cranberries coarsely by hand.
Combine and whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, salt, and sugar in large bowl.
Mix butter into flour mixture with pastry blender until mixture is crumbly.
Add egg, orange juice, and orange rind. Stir until ingredients are combined, but do not overmix.
Gently stir in cranberries and golden raisins.
Spoon batter into a greased and floured 4-cup mini-loaf pan.
Bake at 350F for 20–23 minutes, or until pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Allow bread to cool for 5 minutes.
Remove bread from pan and place on wire rack to continue cooling for 30 minutes.
Once cooled, insert in small gift bag, and tie with bow.
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