Cranberry Chocolate Chip Bread

Cranberry Bread sliced on a white cutting board.

Cranberry Chocolate Chip Bread

Bake this festive Cranberry Chocolate Chip Bread! An easy, quick bread with tart cranberries, sweet chocolate, and citrus zest for holiday baking.

Prep Time 20

Baking Time 1 5

Total Time 1 25

Course Bread, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings Slices

Author Jan Nunes

Ingredients

For the Bread:

Cooking Spray
2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1 Cup White Granulated Sugar
1 ½ Teaspoons Baking Powder Aluminum Free
½ Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon Salt
¾ Cup Orange Juice
1 Tablespoon Grated Orange Peel from 1 Large Orange
2 Tablespoons Salted Butter Melted
1 Large Egg Well Beaten
1 Cup Fresh Cranberries Whole or Coarsely Chopped
½ Cup Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
½ Cup Chopped Pecans
Powdered Sugar

Instructions

Preheat & Prepare. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Spray a 9” x 5” loaf pan with cooking spray. Make a parchment sling the length of the pan and longer than the width. Line the pan so the ends hang off on the long sides. Set aside for later.
Cooking Spray
Sift Dry Ingredients. In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
2 Cups All-Purpose Flour, 1 Cup White Granulated Sugar, 1 ½ Teaspoons Baking Powder, ½ Teaspoon Baking Soda, 1 Teaspoon Salt
Add Wet Ingredients. Stir in the orange juice, orange peel, melted butter, and beaten egg. Mix until well blended.
¾ Cup Orange Juice, 1 Tablespoon Grated Orange Peel, 2 Tablespoons Salted Butter, 1 Large Egg
Fold in Stir-ins. Fold in the cranberries, mini chocolate chips, and pecans.
1 Cup Fresh Cranberries, ½ Cup Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, ½ Cup Chopped Pecans
Bake. Spread the batter evenly in the loaf pan. Bake the loaf for 55 to 65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool & Serve. Remove the loaf from the oven and cool it on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Lift the parchment sling to remove the loaf from the pan and cool completely.
If desired, dust the top with powdered sugar.
Powdered Sugar

Notes

My Top Tips

♡ I've made this Cranberry Chocolate Chip Bread with whole cranberries and also with cranberries that have been roughly chopped. The bread made with whole cranberries will have a burst of tart cranberries in various bites of the bread. If you give the cranberries a rough chop, you will have cranberries in every bite of the bread.

♡ Don't open the oven too soon to test the bread, which may cause the top to collapse. I recommend letting the bread bake for 55 minutes before testing.

Make-Ahead & Storage

This Cranberry Chocolate Chip Bread can be made ahead and stored if wrapped in cling wrap for up to 3 days at room temperature.

Nutrition

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