Cranberry-walnut Quick Bread |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 70 Minutes |
Ready In: 70 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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A wonderfully delicious Quick-bread. It starts with a dry mix. This is #2 in a series. Enjoy! Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups quick-bread dry mix (url follows) |
2 large eggs |
1 cup buttermilk |
2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar |
2 tbsp. butter, melted |
2 tbsp. canola oil |
1 tsp. vanilla |
1 tsp. freshly grated orange zest |
2 cups chopped cranberries (seetips), fresh or frozen, thawed |
1/2 cup chopped toasted walnuts (seetips), plus more for topping if desired |
Directions:
1. URL for Quick-Bread Dry Mix:
2. Quick Bread Dry Mix
3. Preheat oven to 400* for muffins, mini loaves and mini Bundts or 375* for a large loaf. Coat pan(s) (see Pan Options ) with cooking spray.
4. In a large bowl, prepare Quick-Bread Dry Mix
5. In a medium bowl, whisk eggs, buttermilk, brown sugar, butter, oil and vanilla until well combined.
6. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, pour in the wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Add orange zest, cranberries and walnuts Stir just to combine; do not overmix. Transfer batter to prepared pan(s). Top with additional walnuts, if desired.
7. Bake until golden brown and a wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, 22-25 minutes for muffins or mini Bundts, 35 minutes for mini loaves, 1 hour, 10 minutes for a large loaf. Let cool in pan(s) 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. Let muffins and mini Bundts cool for 5 minutes more, miini loaves for 30 minutes, large loaves for 40 minutes.
8. TIPS:
9. Store, individually wrapped, at room temperature for up to 2 days or in the freezer for up to 1 month
10. No buttermilk? Mix 1 Tbsp. lemon juice into milk. Set aside for 30 minutes.
11. To make quick work of chopping cranberries, place whole cranberries in a food processor and pulse a few times until the berries are coarsely chopped.
12. To toast walnuts, pecans or hazelnuts, spread nuts onto a baking sheet and bake at 350*, stirring once, until fragrant, 7-9 minutes. To toast sliced almonds, cook in a small dry skillet over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until fragrant and light browned, 2-4 minutes.
13. Pan Options:
14. Each of these recipes will make:
15. 1 large loaf (9x5 pan)
16. 3 mini loaves (6x3 pans, 2-cup capacity)
17. 6 mini Bundt cakes (6-cup mini Bundt pan, scant 1 cup capacity per cake)
18. 12 muffins (standard 12-cup, 2 1/2 muffin pan)
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