With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, I am trying to post as many holiday recipes as my stubby little fingers will type. Today’s deliciousness is a recipe for Cranberry and Orange Bread that I baked in mini bundts. Fresh cranberries are everywhere right now and I have seen them on sale at almost every grocery store in my area. Being the baking obsessed freak that I am, I have countless bags of cranberries in the freezer just waiting to get baked into something scrumptious! I think these would also be just as good if you used lemon and blueberries…I am definitely going to be trying this combo soon and will report back! These mini bundts turned out absolutely delicious and would be a perfect item for your Thanksgiving breakfast or brunch. Serve these alongside a breakfast casserole, fresh squeezed orange or mimosas and you’ll have your guests swooning! Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!
Orange Cranberry Mini Bundts
adapted from allrecipes
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries
1/4 cup margarine, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 tsp of vanilla extract
3/4 cup orange juice
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×5 inch loaf or mini bundt pan. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the sugar and orange zest until fragrant. Add in the margarine and mix until well combined, stir in the egg and combine until smooth. Stir in orange juice and vanilla. Beat in flour mixture until just moistened (DO NOT OVERMIX); fold in cranberries. Pour into prepared pan(s).
3. Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven (18-22 minutes for the mini bundts), or until the bread springs back when lightly touched. Let stand 10 minutes; turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
4. When the bread is thoroughly cooled, sprinkle on some powdered sugar or drizzle on an easy powdered sugar glaze. I simply mixed powdered sugar with orange juice to achieve the look pictured above.
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Looks delicious! I don't have a bundt cake pan though, as they are all non-stick and that's not very healthy for you. Wish they had metal ones…
Delicious! Orange and cranberry are one of my favorite flavor combination's. I bet these would make great muffins…yum!
It looks delicious and I love baking anything mini. I'm waiting for the cranberries to go on "buy one get one" sale!
~ingrid
Hee Hee….my boys are going to 'kill' me but here we go with another way to use up the cranberries….they are calling from the freezer! Grin…just baked a new kind of cranberry and chocolate square tonight…will have to make these for tomorrow. Wish I had the mini bundt pan…shoot! Oh well, maybe I can bake them in mini rounds from my pyrex containers….will have to see. Ta… and thanks for another great recipe!
These look de-lish!
Also love your chocolate/pb bundt from last week! I'm so loving bundt more than I ever, ever did after Mary's month of bundting, that and my b-day is on Natl Bundt Day!
Just wanted to let you know I linked you on a blog post about some lemon cookies I made. They were so good! Thanks.
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Oh they are adorable and I am sure delicious!
just gorgeous, i love that glaze pouring over the side!
Yay to cranberries!
Perfection!
I am seriously thinking of making these and bringing them to Thanksgiving dinner!
Great combination of orange and cranberry.. they look so pretty.
These ARE fantastic – I used a similar recipe including white chocolate and organic candied lemon pieces. I will definitely try this though, that syrup looks tremendously scrumptious; I'm thinking this will work well for a fundraiser I have coming up. Imagine the look on guests faces who probably expect processed ice-cream when they get an individual cranberry-orange bundt! Yummarrooo!
Will report back – if I don't NUDGE OUT OF THE KITCHEN!
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I am making these for sure! We have a mini bundt pan but I rarely use it. I can't wait to bust it out! Thanks
Great combo for bundt cakes and they look super light, I'll take one!
YUM!!
They look so pretty. I love your pictures! I like the orange addition. Im sure they tasted wonderful!
I am a new reader of your blog…so many delicious treats! I can't wait to try some. How did you get so noticed??? I just started my food blog. Are these recipes all yours?
These would be great for a brunch! They look absolutely delicious and I can't wait to give them a try!
stupid question, when do you add the cranberries?? They look great, I can't wait to try them, I'm thinking this weekend!!!
Mmmm, these look SO good! Orange and cranberry compliment each other so well! I need to use my mini bundt pan more often!
I bet these smelled as good as they look while they were baking! Cranberry and orange is such a foolproof combo–love it!
I just finished making applesauce minis in my mini bundt pans. Don't you love how much better they look then the full sized cakes? Cranberry and orange are a fantastic combination.
Looks delicious! I love orange/cranberry.
These look delicious! I’m a citrus maniac and I’m always in search of a new citrus dessert. Yum!