Recipe For Cranberry Eggnog Bread

If you want a Christmas party for your taste buds, this is it! Cranberry Eggnog Bread that’s quick and easy to make! Plus, I frosted it with a little vanilla buttercream sprinkled with nutmeg to give it some extra flare!

Whenever their was eggnog in my house growing up, it was never there for long. It would last for maybe 12 hours tops. But each time someone would sneak away from the movie into the kitchen, we knew what they were headed for! I would always catch my brother drinking out of the carton and my father would scold me for taking a whole glass. We always blamed someone else for drinking the most it was like a death in the family when it was gone.

But now I buy my own eggnog and I have no one to blame but myself when it’s gone within the day. Whoops.

Eggnog Bread Pudding

I looked at the calendar yesterday and realized Thanksgiving is next week! What? How did that happen? Time really flew by and I need to get in to Christmas recipe mode! Don’t worry, I’m not skipping over Thanksgiving in my life, just maybe in my blog life. I couldn’t be more excited for the holiday season, especially with all that’s going on in the world right now. I’ve already bought most of my Christmas presents for family and I feel like a 10-year-old again just counting down the days to the Macy’s Parade.

The frosting on this is totally optional! It’s great with or without it. If you want it to be a dessert, add the frosting but if you want it to be more of a sweet snack… then serve it plain. I also made muffins out of this recipe and they were gorgeous! I baked them for about 18-22 minutes before they were done.

If you want to use dried cranberries, that will work too! The berries give a great tartness to the bread and keep it from being too sweet.This delicious Cranberry Eggnog Bread is perfect for breakfast, brunch, a snack or dessert. This Christmas bread tastes just like the holidays.

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I made the mistake recently of asking aloud what holiday baking I should make next. Immediately I got requests for my Eggnog Cookies and Eggnog Cupcakes. The kids also love decorating their own Eggnog Donuts.

While I wanted to refrain from making the usual, I did notice a theme here. Eggnog is officially in stores and screaming to be consumed!

While it’s good for drinking as is, how often do you use eggnog as a baking ingredient? Eggnog recipes are so delicious to make during the holiday season!

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While I love to make loaves like Banana Bread and Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread, this recipe is a tasty and flavourful holiday bread that is perfect for this time of year.

I love a slice of this holiday bread in the morning with a cup of coffee and my homemade eggnog coffee creamer – Powdered Eggnog Creamer. YUM.

With eggnog, cranberries, and the warm spices of vanilla and nutmeg – I couldn’t think of a better Christmas loaf than this eggnog bread.

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This christmas eggnog bread has that delicious eggnog flavor without being too intense. The addition of the cranberries adds that punch of taste and texture.

This easy eggnog bread is such an easy recipe, for the eggnog lover to the holiday obsessed. This quick eggnog bread is a mix and dump recipe with simple ingredients.

Preheat the oven to 350 and grease a bread pan with non-stick baking spray. You can also line it with parchment paper if you want to.

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In a large bowl, add the instant pudding mix, white sugar and butter. Cream together using a wooden spoon or a spatula.

In a separate bowl, you’re going to add the dry ingredients. So add together the all purpose flour, baking powder and nutmeg.

Remove from the oven and cool bread in the pan for a bit before taking it out of the pan and placing onto a wire rack.

Cranberry Eggnog Bread Pudding

EGGNOG GLAZE: mix the eggnog and icing sugar together in a small bowl. Add more or less icing sugar depending on how thick you want the icing.

Pour the sweet eggnog glaze over the loaf or poke holes in the bread to allow some of the icing to seep in.

For this recipe, I used fresh cranberries cut in half, because it was on sale at our local grocer. Though you could use dried cranberries in a pinch. Not only do they add that seasonal taste, but the tart cranberries also cut the sweetness.

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Plus, the icing on this loaf is totally optional. Without, you have a moist flavourful bread that is both sweet and tart.

The optional icing is made with icing sugar and eggnog, so not only does it pair amazingly well with this loaf, it also gives it that dessert taste. Personally, I’m all over this icing.

It would also make a great gift for the holidays, or a potluck item for the christmas season. Everyone will want this on their holiday table.

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After I make my Cranberry Eggnog Bread Recipe , I use a larger taller airtight container to store. This ensure all that great icing stays on the loaf.

Yes, you sure can! Once the bread is cooled, tightly wrap in plenty of plastic wrap or in a freezer ziploc bag. If doing so, I’d wait and ice the loaf after unthawing, so that it doesn’t come off on the wrap.

With this recipe you also have the option of using the bread batter to instead make muffins or mini-loafs. Of course remember that bake time will vary in doing so.

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So, here’s to the season. Eggnog anyone? This Cranberry Eggnog Bread brings all the wonderful flavors of the season into a delicious eggnog bread waiting to be enjoyed.Tender moist mini loaves of Cranberry Eggnog Bread, loaded with fresh cranberries and hints of nutmeg and cinnamon topped off with a scrumptious Eggnog Vanilla Bean glaze. It’s the perfect festive Holiday quick bread.

Hi Cranberry lovers! You’ve come to the right place today. I’ve got an amazing new “quick bread” recipe. It’s a delicious festive Holiday bread that any red blooded, or should I say bright ruby red blooded, cranberry loving fiend would die for!

It requires only a few simple ingredients, lots of fresh cranberries, and is topped off with a lip smacking, finger licking Vanilla Bean Eggnog Glaze.

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These mini loaves have the perfect “crumb” and each bite is bursting with the sweet tangy flavor of those juicy orbs of delight…known as Cranberries!

I’m also a huge fan of a quick easy breakfast bread that is super versatile, can be made ahead of time, frozen, served on Christmas morning, or given away as gifts to friends and neighbors.

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of 4 mini loaf pans, or a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Then line them with parchment paper.

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I know it seems totally unnecessary to do both, but just trust me it works beautifully. A new little trick I learned about recently.

In a large bowl, whisk together 2- 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.

TIP: Whisking not only combines the ingredients, it helps to break up any lumps in the flour and spices. Replaces the need for “sifting”.

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In a medium bowl, combine 2 large eggs, 1 cup granulated white sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 cup of eggnog. Mix well to combine.

Now for the fun part…it’s time to fold in those beautiful ruby gems! Fold in 3 cups of fresh, or frozen-thawed, cranberries into the eggnog batter. Folding helps the berries stay whole and not break up…it also prevents the berries from staining the bread batter.

TIP: To make the loaves look extra pretty I place 4-5 whole berries on top of the loaf before baking, and press them down about half way.

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Place the mini loaf pans on a large baking sheet. This will keep the mini loaf pans nice and level in the oven during baking.

Bake for 30-40 minutes for mini loaves and 45-55 minutes for one large loaf. Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick into the center of the loaves. If it comes out clean it’s done.

TIP: You can also carefully, so as not to burn yourself, press the center of the loaf. If it springs back it’s done.

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TIP: Leaving the parchment paper on the loaves gives you a “drop cloth”, so to speak, to catch the glaze when you drizzle it over the tops of each loaf of bread.

In a small bowl combine 1 cup powder sugar, 2 Tablespoons of Eggnog, and 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste. You can substitute regular vanilla if you don’t have vanilla bean paste.

Now I will say this, the glaze is optional…but I HIGHLY recommend adding it. This is not an overly sweet cranberry bread recipe, so this mild sweet vanilla bean glaze adds just the right amount of sweet to offset the “tang” of those cranberries.

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See how handy that parchment paper is at catching the “over-flow” of glaze! I love the beautiful flecks of