This Gluten Free Cranberry Bread is the perfect bread for your holiday table. Tart cranberries and citrus peel pair perfectly to create a sweet party in your mouth!
My house is buzzing with energy right now. I'm guessing that for most of you with kids it is the same.
I'm always so busy this time of year, but this year I've been making sure that I take time to enjoy the little things.
It's amazing how just starting out my day talking to the boys, snuggling and reading for an hour or so can set the tone for a great day.
I've got them set up building Legos and drawing on the bar in the kitchen, so even when I'm working they aren't far away. As exhausted as I've been during this pregnancy the one thing that keeps me going is my boys. Their energy is infectious!
We've been having lots of fun with kitchen projects including today's Cranberry and Quinoa Bread.
This is a fun recipe for kids to help with! My boys got a kick out of dumping raw cranberries into the pan and then seeing them transformed into a bread topping. We had a big reveal when the bread was done and it was time to flip it over.
My parents loved this too, but not because they were excited by me dumping a loaf of bread over. They've enjoyed eating it for the last couple of days. They like it heated in the oven with a little butter and swear it gets better each day.
I know its a crazy time right now - I hope you all are finding the time to enjoy!
Gluten Free Cranberry BreadIf
Gluten Free Cranberry Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- ¼ cup coconut palm sugar or sweetener of choice
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1 tablespoon gluten free flour blend or all-purpose
- 1 ½ cups gluten free flour blend OR 1 cup all purpose flour + ½ cup quinoa flour
- ½ cup yellow cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ cup almond milk or milk of choice
- ½ tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ cup cooked quinoa
- ⅔ cup agave nectar
- ½ cup coconut oil melted (or canola oil)
- 2 eggs or flax eggs 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds + 6 tablespoons warm water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl combine cranberries, sugar, orange peel, lemon peel and flour. Toss until combined. Grease a 9 x 5 pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper. Spray parchment paper. Add cranberry mixture to the bottom of the pan.
- In a large bowl whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder and seas salt. Make a well in the center.
- In a small bowl whisk together milk and lemon juice. Set aside for 5 minutes. If using flax eggs in place of eggs, combine 2 tablespoons of ground flax seeds with 6 tablespoons warm water. Whisk and set aside. (Skip this step if using eggs.)
- Add milk mixture, cooked quinoa, agave nectar, melted coconut oil, and (flax) eggs to the well in the center of the dry ingredients. Whisk until just combined. Pour on top of the cranberry mixture.
- Bake for 50 minutes or until a wooden pick comes out with moist crumbs. Allow to cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
- Use a serrated knife to flatten the top of the bread. Invert on a plate and carefully remove parchment paper.
Eggplant & Olive
I haven't made a cranberry orange bread in years-- and I love that you included quinoa in this version! I'll have to try this.
Rebecca @ Strength & Sunshine
Love that I can make it vegan! Yum!
Cindys Recipes
Cornmeal and almond milk sound great in here!
Linda J Solomon
Is the cornmeal basically for texture, b/c if I want to omit it will this turn out okay with just the flour Wendy? I have cornmeal, but don't like to use most corn products if I don't have organic b/c of the gmo aspect. Thanks
Wendy Polisi
Hi Linda,
I am right there with you on using only organic corn products. I haven’t tested this without the cornmeal, so I hesitate to say how it would come out. It does play a role in the flavor. If you are an experienced baker and can make adjustments if the batter doesn’t look right you could certainly give it a try.
*Wendy Polisi*
*https://wendypolisi.com *
Linda J Solomon
Thanks Wendy, I forgot to say hello and hope you and your family are fine. Thank you for your response and have a safe, warm and wonderful Merry Christmas! 🙂
Wendy Polisi
Thanks so much! I hope you are doing good as well. We are doing great - today is my oldest son’s 12th birthday, so the festivities are in full swing around here.
Merry Christmas!
*Wendy Polisi*
*https://wendypolisi.com *
Shannon Graham
Ooh, I really love cooking with cranberries!