Cream Cheese Cranberry Bread Recipe
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This sweet cream cheese bread compliments the tart cranberries it’s loaded with resulting in an amazing Cream Cheese Cranberry Bread! If you are looking for a new quick bread recipe that is perfect for the fall and Thanksgiving you have found it. It’s so amazingly soft and tender, plus quick and easy to make. I love a big slice with butter and a mug of coffee or for a quick snack in the afternoon!
Cranberry Bread
Cranberries. Love them or hate them? I’m kind of love them one time, pass on them another time. I love this Crock Pot Cranberry Pork Loin because of the savory flavors that don’t over power and then we have this every popular Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip that is HOT on Pinterest right now! And, let’s get real, we are never going to turn down some cookies.
Why don’t we turn down cookies? Because they make everything better. For example when you are going through a funk like me right now. It’s bad. Real bad.
I don’t know if I’m stressed, overworked, or what, but I just can not find my groove. Maybe it’s just a serious case of PMS? Lovely lady things like that rock don’t they? I’m feeling tired, cranky and unmotivated to do pretty much anything and I’m hoping it changes real fast like.
It does not help winter is coming because that always makes things dull and dreary in my opinion!
Cranberry Cream Cheese Bread
So what do you do when you get in these funks? We all have them.
I’m envisioning a spa day with one of my best girlfriends, lunch out, coming home to a clean house and a full bank account. Ok, maybe that last part was just a little bit to hopeful! It would be nice though wouldn’t it? It would relieve a lot of the pressures we all face in our lives. I could totally make the spa and lunch day happen though couldn’t I?
Grocery List for Cranberry Bread
- Butter
- Cream cheese
- Sugar
- Vanilla
- Eggs
- Flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Cranberries (fresh or frozen)
- Pecans (optional)
Then I enter the Mom guilt into the equation. That battle is a battle. I work full time so I don’t see the kiddos much during the week and then to think of leaving for a day on the weekend or heaven forbid the entire weekend like I’m doing this coming weekend I have anxiety.
First of all my hubs is left with the kids all weekend and he needs a break too so is that fair? Then, of course, the kids miss me, but really do they? Well, obviously a little bit but they are resilient and let’s face it sometimes Dad’s more fun!
I’m guessing there’s going to be a whole lot of pizza and hot dogs and mac and cheese in their future this weekend. Along with Ranger rides and going to Grandpa’s house for a sleepover with Auntie since she’s home. Really, I don’t think they are going to miss me at all!
So maybe I think it’s far more of a big deal than it actually is! Apparently, I need to get my undies out of a wad and enjoy my weekend away at my photography workshop. Let’s focus on that!
How to make Cranberry Cream Cheese Bread
- Preheat the oven
- Grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
- With your mixer cream together butter, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after you add each egg.
- In a separate bowl combine the dry ingredients
- Slowly mix into wet batter until combined. Fold in cranberries and nuts.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour 30 minutes
And maybe I need a few more slices of this delicious Cranberry Cream Cheese Bread in my life to sweeten it up. I adore quick bread recipes and this one is delicious. The cream cheese adds a richness to it and it’s not crumbly at all due to this. It’s pretty much perfectly sweet and delicious with the addition of the tart cranberries bursting in your mouth!
Love cranberries? Here are more delicious cranberry recipes to try!
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Cream Cheese Cranberry Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 c. butter softened
- 8 oz package cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 c. sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 4 eggs
- 2 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 c. cranberries fresh or frozen
- 1/2 c. chopped pecans optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl cream together butter, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- In another bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Slowly mix into wet batter until combined. Fold in cranberries and nuts.
- Pour into two greased 9 in. x 5 in. loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes if using two loaf pans. You can also use 4 mini loaf pans for 40 minutes.
- *THIS RECIPE USED TO HAVE YOU USE ONE LOAF PAN AND BAKE IT FOR 90 MINUTES. AFTER MANY COMPLAINTS WE ADJUSTED THE RECIPE TO TWO LOAF PANS. WE HAVE HAD SUCCESS WITH ONE LOAF PAN, BUT WE FOUND THE MOST FOOL-PROOF WAY IS TO USE TWO LOAF PANS.*
Barbara diaz says
Can the cranberry cheese cake be frozen
Julie says
Yes, the bread can be frozen once made. Make sure to wrap it tightly.
Kathryn says
I would love to make these for our holiday potluck. Have you tried them using mini muffin pans?
Julie says
I have not tried them that way but I’m sure it would be delicious! I’m not sure what the bake time would need to be, if you try it let me know how it goes!
Lori says
Can you chop up the cranberries instead of leaving them whole? What about adding orange juice and orange rind. Will that take away from the cream cheese?
Julie says
Yes you could chop them up. I haven’t tested this one with orange flavors of any kind, I’m sure it would be delicious! If you try it out, let me know how it goes!
Yvonne Luckett says
This is more of a question than a comment. I tried this receipe and left it in the oven for 70 minutes, however, the middle did not cook….I know it isn’t my oven because it bakes everything else perfectly. I followed the receipe to the “T” so to speak. What did I do wrong? I cannot figure it out and I have been baking for decades…The only thing I can come up with is perhaps it should have gone into 2 pans, rather than one. Any advice is welcomed. The flavor was delicious. I used fresh cranberries.
Julie says
I haven’t had an issue with it baking through in one pan but others seem to have had that issue as well, it seems making it in two loaf pans is the route to go if that is the issue.
Lynn says
If using fresh cranberries do you boil them first and how please
J says
You should not need to boil fresh cranberries for this recipe.
Julie says
No, you don’t need to!
Arlene says
This bread went over well at a company party! Simple and looks beautiful! Taste delicious!
Julie says
Perfect! I’m glad everyone loved it!
Linda says
Have you used anything other than cranberries in this recipe? My boys don’t like cranberries but the recipe sounds divine.
Julie says
You could use blueberries instead!
Taya says
I bet raspberries would be awesome!
Julie says
I’m sure they would!
Cheyenne says
Made this loaf today and loved how moist and delicious it is. The nice explosion of tart cranberries throughout pleases my taste buds. Some people said that the loaf did not cook throughout that is because the person who posted this recipe did not put the proper cook time of 1 hour and 30 minutes. If you scroll above the recipe it says cooking instructions and gives that time as opposed to the 60 minutes she has mentioned in the actual recipe. So if you make this in a regular loaf pan like I did 1 hour and a half and it cooks perfectly. I will definitely be making this recipe again I would like to try it using lemon extract and blueberries in place of the cranberries. If you like a loaf that isn’t overly sweet this recipe is perfect.
Julie says
Hi Cheyenne, here is my recipe for Cream Cheese Blueberry Bread! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
https://www.julieseatsandtreats.com/cream-cheese-blueberry-bread/
Judy says
I made with raspberry and small chunks of white chocolate. So yummy.
Julie says
Sounds great!
d. mucklo says
Fantastic. It came out perfect Made 4 small loaves. Baked 45 minutes. Will definitely make it again.
Julie says
Wonderful! So happy you enjoyed them!
Sally says
Perfect recipe for 4 small gifts. I used fresh blueberries with no problems . I’ll cover them with more flour or add to top as they were huge berries and oh so good!
Julie says
So happy you loved it! That sounds delicious!
Cherilynne Utton says
if you freeze them they don’t sink as much either.
Mary knapp says
Whole or dehydrated cranberries?
Julie says
Hi Mary – whole fresh or frozen cranberries, not dehydrated.
Jocelyn M. Villones says
Is it OK if I’ll use dried cranberries? Is there any adjustment in the recipe I need to do? Thank you.
Julie Evink says
I would think it would but I haven’t tested it that way. The only thing I worry about is you might loose some of the moisture.
Cherilynne Utton says
I found this about using dried Cranberries. I use them too. Hope it helps. https://ask.oceanspray.com/knowledgebase/article/KA-02020/en-us
Carolin Drake says
Love it and so does everybody body else!
Julie Evink says
So glad you are enjoying it!
Teddy says
What does c stand for?
Julie Evink says
Cups!
Mary Ellen says
this is the same recipe from I think it was Taste of Home and was called Rich Cranberry Coffee Cake, except your recipe doesn’t use the 1/4 cup of extra flour to coat the cranberries and nuts with before you add to batter so they don’t sink to the bottom. I love this recipe have been making for years and always receive complements. Also make it with blueberries, a mixture of cranberries and blueberries, can’t go wrong!
Julie Evink says
I love it with blueberries too!
Sarah says
Hi, may I know what type of flour? Thxsss
Julie Evink says
All-Purpose