Cranberry Raisin Almond Strietzel Bread Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients; cut in butter until crumbly. In a small bowl, whisk the egg, orange juice and zest. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in cranberries and raisins. Transfer to a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan., Combine brown sugar and flour; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350° for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., For glaze, combine confectioners' sugar and orange juice until smooth. Drizzle over bread.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Grease a baking sheet lightly with butter.
• Combine yeast, sugar and 1/2 cup of warm water in mixer bowl and let sit for 10 minutes.
• Pour rum over the raisins and cranberries.
• Add flour, salt, milk, eggs, butter, vanilla and lemon zest to the mixing bowl containing the yeast mixture. On a mixer fitted with a dough hook, mix all ingredients for dough for 2 minutes at slow speed followed by 6 minutes at fast speed.
• Add the rum soaked berries and mix for 2 minutes more.
• Rest the dough covered for 20 minutes.
• Punch down and divide dough into 2-1 lb. loaves.
• Cover and allow to relax for 20 minutes.
• Cut each loaf into 3 equal pieces. Roll each piece by hand into a long approximately 12-20 inch strip. Braid the 3 pieces together.
• Place the braided loaves on the buttered baking sheet, cover and let rise for 30 minutes.
• Combine 1/2 cup water with 1 beaten egg yolk and brush the braided loaves.
• Brush a second time with the egg wash and sprinkle with slivered almonds.
• Bake at 400°F for 20-22 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, whisk together first 4 ingredients; stir in cranberries and almonds. In another bowl, whisk together egg, milk, oil, zest and extract. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened., Transfer to a 9x5-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 40-50 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.

Steps:

• Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, salt& baking soda into large bowl.
• Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
• Add egg, orange peel& juice all at once.
• Stir just until mixture is evenly moist.
• Fold in raisins& cranberries.
• Spoon into a greased 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan.
• Bake at 350F for 1 hour& 10 minutes.
• Cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir to mix.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer, gradually beat sugar into butter.
• Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Blend in almond extract.
• In a small bowl, stir together cranberry sauce and sour cream.
• In several batches, add dry ingredients to butter mixture alternately with cranberry sour cream, beating until blended. Batter will be thick.
• Pur batter into Bundt pan and lightly smooth the top.
• Bake 1 hour 10 minutes, or until bread is nicely browned on top and beginning to pull away from sides of pan.
• Let cool 10 minutes and unmold onto a wire rack and allow to cool completely before slicing.