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Recipe for Pumpkin Cranberry Bread | Almanac.com

Pumpkin Cranberry Bread

Photo Credit
MShev/shutterstock
Yield
Makes 1 loaf.
Category
Bread
Course
Breads
Breakfast & Brunches
Preparation Method
Bake
Sources
The Old Farmer's Almanac Everyday Baking

Pumpkin Cranberry Bread
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This Pumpkin Cranberry Bread brings a little of everything that we love about pumpkins and manages to strike the perfect balance between savory and sweet. Enjoy this delicious bread with breakfast or as an afternoon snack, warm with a pat of butter.

Ingredients
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1-1/4 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup cooked and mashed pumpkin
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/3 cup milk
1 cup dried, sweetened cranberries
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9x5-inch loaf pan and line with parchment paper, if desired.

Using an electric mixer, cream butter while gradually adding sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and pumpkin. (The mixture may look “curdled” from the pumpkin; that’s fine.)

In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices. Blend a third of the dry ingredients into creamed mixture, followed by half of the milk. Add another third of the dry ingredients, remaining milk, then remaining dry ingredients until well combined. Fold in cranberries and walnuts (if using). Scrape batter into prepared pan. Bake on center oven rack for 1 hour, or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn bread out onto a rack to cool.

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Comments

Tom (not verified)

6 months 3 weeks ago

This is an excellent recipe! I used fresh cranberries (halved) in stead of dried sweetened ones. Also used fresh pumpkin puree. This one is a keeper!

Thank you for testing out this recipe and taking the time to write in, Tom. Your positive experience is great to hear and helpful for us and the Almanac community! 

Beverly J Allen (not verified)

6 months 3 weeks ago

It is frustrating that the photo shown with the recipe will not appear in the print version.
That is always disappointing when I put them in my recipe file for later use. Without the photo it is always a guess what the end result should look like.

Hi Beverly, Many of our readers asked to have a simple printable recipe card/page to avoid the ink and formatting that a photo causes. So we created this special printable recipe!
You can always print the page from the computer without going to the print icon. I guess it’s hard to please everyone! Cheers, your OFA editors