Cranberry Twist Bread Recipes

CRANBERRY NUT BREAD I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• Combine the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Add the cranberries and walnuts, and stir to coat with flour. Mix together the egg, oil, orange juice, and orange zest. Pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture, and stir until just blended. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack, and cool completely.

CRANBERRY ORANGE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 8 1/2x4 1/2-inch loaf pan.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a bowl. Stir butter into flour mixture until combined. Add orange juice, orange zest, and egg; mix well. Fold in cranberries and walnuts. Spoon batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 60 to 75 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350º.
• Grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans, 8 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches or 9 × 5 × 3 inches.
• Mix cranberries, sugar, oil, milk, lemon peel, vanilla and eggs in large bowl.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Pour into pans.
• Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes.
• Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans.
• Cool completely on wire rack before slicing.
• Store tightly wrapped in refrigerator up to 1 week.

BRIE & CRANBERRY TWISTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Stack two of the filo sheets. With a widest edge facing you, brush with some melted butter. Put three brie fingers at even intervals across the bottom of the filo. Top each finger with 1 tsp cranberry sauce, then sprinkle over a few chopped walnuts.
• Roll up the filo from the bottom. Cut into three parcels, and twist the ends to seal. Brush with more butter and sprinkle with poppy seeds. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Bake for 10 mins. Or, cover the unbaked twists with cling film, chill for up to 1 day and bake just before serving.

CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY TWIST BREAD (BREAD MAKER OPTION)

Steps:

• In large bowl, dissolve 1 tsp (5 mL) of the sugar in warm water. Sprinkle in yeast; let stand for 10 minutes or until frothy.
• Meanwhile, in small saucepan over medium heat, heat milk, remaining sugar, butter and salt until butter is melted; let cool to lukewarm. Whisk 2 of the eggs; whisk into yeast mixture. Whisk in milk mixture. Stir in 3-1/2 cups (875 mL) of the flour to make soft slightly sticky dough.
• Turn out onto lightly floured surface; knead for 10 minutes, adding enough of the remaining flour as necessary to make dough smooth and elastic. Place in greased bowl, turning to grease all over. Cover with plastic wrap; let rise in warm draft-free place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
• Grease 10-inch (3 L) springform pan; set aside.
• Filling: In bowl, mix sugar with corn syrup; stir in cranberries, chocolate chips and pecans. Punch down dough; turn out onto lightly floured surface. Roll out into 18- x 11-inch (45 x 28 cm) rectangle. Spread filling over dough, pressing into surface; sprinkle with cinnamon. Starting at long edge, tightly roll up; pinch seam to seal. Place seam side down; cut in half lengthwise. Keeping cut sides up, twist halves together; place in prepared pan, shaping into ring. Pinch ends together to seal. Cover with plastic wrap; let rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
• Beat remaining egg; brush over wreath. Bake in centre of 350°F (180°C) oven for 35 minutes or until golden. Run knife around bread; remove from pan and let cool on rack.
• Icing: Mix together icing sugar, milk and butter; drizzle over bread. (Twist can be wrapped and stored for up to 1 day.).
• Additional Information.Bread Machine Chocolate Cranberry Twist (for dough only). Use 4 cups (1 L) flour. Into pan of 1-1/2- to 2-lb (750 g to 1 kg) machine, add (in order) water, milk, eggs, melted butter, sugar, salt, flour and yeast. Choose dough setting. Shape and bake as above.

CRANBERRY TWIST BREAD

Steps:

• In large bowl mix 1 cup of flour and yeast, set aside.
• In small saucepan, heat and stir milk, 2 TBS of sugar, 2 TBS butter, and 1/2 tsp salt until warm 120-130 degrees.
• Add milk mixture to flour mixture and add egg.
• Beat with mixer on low to medium for 30 seconds.
• Beat on high speed for 3 minutes.
• Stir in as much of the remaining flour as possible.
• Turn out dough onto floured surface.
• Knead in enough remaining flour to make soft dough that is smooth and elastic (3-5 minutes total).
• Shape dough into ball.
• Place into greased bowl, turning once.
• Cover and let rise in warm place until double (about 1 - 1 1/2 hours).
• Meanwhile for filling, in small bowl stir together cranberries, sugar, pecans and spice and set aside.
• Punch dough down.
• Turn out onto lightly floured surface, cover and let rest for about 10 minutes.
• Grease a baking sheet.
• Roll dough into 14 x 10 inch rectangle.
• Brush with melted butter.
• Spread filling over dough.
• Starting from long side, roll dough into spiral.
• Seal seam.
• Placing seam side down, cut roll in half lengthwise.
• Place cut sides up, side by side on prepared baking sheet.
• Loosely twist halves together, keeping cut sides facing up.
• Pinch ends to seal.
• Cover and let rise in warm place until nearly double, about 30 minutes.
• Bake in 375 degree oven for about 25 minutes or until golden brown. (if necessary cover loosely with foil last 10 minutes to prevent overbrowning).
• Remove from baking sheet and cook on wire rack.
• Drizzle with icing when cooled.
• To make orange icing:.
• Stir together powdered sugar and orange juice to make icing drizzling consistency.

ORANGE CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugars, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Whisk the egg, milk, orange juice, oil and orange zest; stir into dry ingredients just until blended. Fold in the cranberries and apple., Pour into 2 greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Freeze option: Securely wrap cooled loaves in foil and freeze. To use, thaw at room temperature.