Cranberry Spice Bread Recipe

This great-tasting cranberry bread recipe is studded with cranberries and the right amount of spice – perfect for the holiday season but always delicious!

Stephanie Jamain, RD, Dietitian at Abbott Nutrition

Ready in

1 hour 15 minutes

Makes

10 servings

Vegetarian

Respects lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet

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Ingredients

  • 1 bottle (235 mL) Vanilla Ensure® Regular
  • 60 mL (¼ cup) unsalted butter, melted
  • 500 mL (2 cups) all-purpose flour
  • 125 mL (½ cup) light brown sugar, packed
  • 10 mL (2 tsp) baking powder
  • 2 mL (½ tsp) baking soda
  • 5 mL (1 tsp) salt
  • 15 mL (1 Tbsp) ground cinnamon
  • 5 mL (1 tsp) ground cardamom
  • 1 large egg
  • 300 g fresh or frozen cranberries
  • Zest of 1 orange

How to make

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Butter a 23 x 12-cm (9 x 5-inch) loaf pan.
  2. In a large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices.
  3. In a medium bowl, combine butter, egg, and Ensure® Regular. Add wet mixture to dry mixture and mix until just combined. Fold in cranberries and orange zest.
  4. Bake for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean. Let cool on wire rack before serving.

Tips

Add ¼ cup of chocolate chips for more of a treat!

Top with turbinado or confectioners’ (icing) sugar.

Nutrition facts

Serving Size: 1 slice

Calories 260

Fat 7 g

Sodium 250 mg

Carbohydrate 44 g

Dietary fibre 2 g

Protein 6 g

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‡ Per 330-mL serving.

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