Pistachio Cranberry Quick Bread
Pistachio Cranberry Quick Bread: Stock up on fresh cranberries so you can make this amazing Christmas bread all year round. The pop of tart fresh cranberries with the orange zest and pistachio nuts makes for the perfect breakfast cranberry orange nut bread combo.
Pistachio Cranberry Orange Quick Bread Additions
- PISTACHIO CRANBERRY QUICK BREAD: This amazing breakfast bread is super moist with pops of tart cranberries, crunchy pistachio nuts and a hint of orange zest.
- STRUSEL: Before baking, add a sprinkle of homemade streusel crumb topping. The simple streusel topping offers great texture and another flavor option. (printable recipe below)
- ORANGE GLAZE: A drizzle of orange glaze on top heightens the bright orange flavor of this Pistachio Cranberry Quick Bread. (printable recipe below)
- BOTH STREUSEL AND GLAZE: For the forth option, I thought combining all the flavorful toppings would make an incredible bread.
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How to Make Pistachio Cranberry Quick Bread
- INGREDIENTS (full printable recipe below)
- all-purpose flour
- sugar
- baking powder
- salt
- finely shredded orange peel
- eggs
- milk
- unsalted butter
- fresh cranberries
- pistachio nuts
- dried cranberries
- INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a 9 inch loaf pan with non stick cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, orange peel and dried cranberries.
- In a medium mixing bowl, add the eggs, milk and butter.
- Add egg mixture to flour mixture; stir until combined.
- Fold in fresh cranberries and nuts.
- Spoon into prepared pan; bake 50 – 57 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool in pan 10 minutes, remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.
Streusel Topping Recipe
- INGREDIENTS (printable recipe below)
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold and cubed
- INSTRUCTIONS
- Whisk the flour, sugar and cinnamon together in a medium bowl. Cut in the cold butter with a pastry cutter, your hands or two forks. Place in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- TO USE: Once the batter is in the pan, top evenly with streusel, pressing the streusel down gently into the top to the bread so it sticks.
Orange Drizzle Glaze Topping Recipe
- INGREDIENTS (printable recipe below)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- ½ teaspoon orange zest
- DIRECTIONS
- To a medium bowl, add the sugar, orange juice and zest.
- Whisk until combine and smooth.
- In a back and forth motion add drizzle to the cooled bread.
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Pistachio Cranberry Quick Bread
Yield:
1 ( 9 inch) Loaf
Delicious easy to make breakfast bread that can be made and frozen to enjoy later.
Ingredients
For the Quick Bread:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1½ teaspoons (about 1 medium orange) orange peel
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup fresh cranberries, sliced in half
- ¾ cup dry roasted salted pistachio nuts
Optional Streusel:
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold and cubed
Optional Orange Drizzle:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- ½ teaspoon orange zest
Instructions
For the Pistachio Cranberry Quick Bread
- Preheat oven to 350°; spray a 9 inch loaf pan with non stick cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, orange peel and dried cranberries.
- In a medium mixing bowl add the eggs, milk and butter, add egg mixture to flour mixture; stir until combined.
- Fold in fresh cranberries and nuts.
- Spoon into prepared pan; bake 50-57 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan onto a wire rack to cool.
For the Optional Streusel:
- Whisk the flour, sugar and cinnamon together in a medium bowl. Cut in the cold butter with a pastry cutter, your hands or two forks. Place in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- TO USE: Once the batter is in the pan, top evenly with streusel, pressing the streusel down gently into the top to the bread so it sticks.
For the Optional Orange Drizzle:
- To a medium bowl, add the sugar, orange juice and zest.
- Whisk until combine and smooth.
- In a back and forth motion add drizzle to the cooled bread.
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I didn’t understand anything on this website!! It’s all flashing commercials. Why can’t I see the recipe, I don’t want to print it! How much of fresh cranberries, how much of anything??? why are there different versions and additional versions and NOTHING points to how much ingredients to use!! VERY FRUSTRATING and a waste of time. Please post the proper recipe and include amounts for ingredients! Thank you!
Hi Clarissa, Did you scroll down all the way to the printable recipe card? If you only looked at the body of the post (where the ingredients are listed in a general format) It also states to scroll down for the full printable recipe. Also, at the top of the post is a jump to recipe button.
Thank you so much for your reply, Sheryl! My granddaughter helped me figure it out. I’m old and can’t see very well, so that added to the frustration.
We made the bread following your recipe. It is the best recipe for cranberry-pistachio bread that I’ve tried so far. The family enjoyed it very much, it was gone in minutes! we also had fun preparing it!
Thank you for sharing this with everyone.
That’s wonderful news Clarissa!