Desserts

Pumpkin Bread With Cranberries

The Southern Rustic

What’s more fall than pumpkin bread? Well, this pumpkin bread is the perfect mix of pumpkin, warm spices, and tart cranberries. It makes for the perfect dessert to serve with a hot cup of coffee or tea. I love making a double batch around the holidays and giving them as gifts. They are always a hit at Christmas. What more could be more enjoyable than receiving a delicious dessert as a gift? well, besides that one present that you’ve been eyeing all year… but dessert always hits the spot.

Let’s make some pumpkin bread ya’ll!

INGREDIENTS:

2 C. Flour
1 1/3 C. Sugar
1 Tsp. Baking Soda
2 Tsp. Baking Powder
2 Tsp. Cinnamon
1/4 Tsp. Nutmeg
1 Tsp. Cardamom
3 Eggs – room temp
1 C. Vegetable Oil
15 Oz Can Pumpkin Puree (100% pure pumpkin)
1/2 C. Whole Cranberries
1/4 C. Raw Cane Sugar (or turbinado sugar)
1/2 Tsp. Kosher Salt ( 1/4 tsp if using fine salt)

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350* and spray 2 loaf pans with oil spray and line with parchment paper. Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cardamom, and nutmeg. Make sure to mix well.
  3. In a separate bowl whisk together the sugar, pumpkin, eggs, and oil until well combined.
  4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir together until just combined and you no longer see any flour. Do not over-mix the batter.
  5. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pans and level off the batter evenly.
  6. Randomly place the cranberries on top of the loaves and then sprinkle over 2 tbsp of sugar (each) on top of each of the loaves evenly.
  7. Bake for 35 – 55 minutes, depending on your oven and how thick you make your loaves. When a toothpick comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs then the loaves are done.
  8. Remove them and let them cool for 10 to 15 minutes in the pan. Remove carefully to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Variations just in case you are not a cranberry fan.
    1/2 C. Chocolate Chips
    1/4 C. Chopped Nuts Plus 1/4 C. chocolate chips
    1/2 C. White Chocolate Chips ( or 1/3 cup White chocolate chips with the cranberries on top)
    6 Oz. Cubed Cold Cream cheese. ( fold into the batter before adding to the loaf pans and then bake)
    Plain pumpkin bread
  • I like to cool these down completely, wrap them each individually, keep them in a freezer bag, and just pull out what I need and let them thaw on the counter for about 1 hour.
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Hello Everyone! Thank you so much for stopping by. Let me tell you a little bit about me. I am a mom of two, a stepmom of 1, two wild and silly pups, and I have the best husband in the world. I also have a love of cooking and baking. I am always in the kitchen finding new recipes to try, recreating old family recipes, and reminiscing about the old ways. I am vintage at heart and love all things old and cast iron. I love spending time with the family and pups and just going where life takes us. I created my blog a few years ago with my youtube channel because I thought that If I shared a recipe, then people just might like to see just how the recipe is put together. I share all of my family recipes along with today's recipes. Whether it is old-fashioned recipes, sourdough, einkorn, desserts, sheet pan meals, or even crockpot meals, they are all absolutely delicious. I spend hours, if not days, creating and dabbling with recipes to make sure they are the best for you and your family. All of my recipes are family tested and family-approved before they are ever posted to my blog or youtube channel. Every now and again I will share some behind-the-scenes fun and chaos of our creations and family adventures. I hope you all stick around and join us here at The Southern Rustic and see what we cook up in my kitchen. You can find all of my social media information in the Contact/Donate OR the Social Media Accounts tab on my home page. There I have listed my Instagram pages, YouTube channel, Email, and other information so you can easily find everything in one place. I hope that you all have a wonderful, wonderful day and I will see you soon. Sam TheSouthernRustic

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