Saturday, March 23, 2013

Cranberry Orange Bread-Gluten Free

A few months ago I had a gluten free bread making date with Rachel and another good friend, Shannon, and one of the breads we made was cranberry orange bread. It was delicious and I couldn't stop eating it, so I had to make it again, and my mom got the privilege of coming over just after I pulled it out of the oven and she loved it, too.
My mom and I get to plan one of my sister-in-law's Baby Shower's and she asked me to make the bread for it. I always love showing off to people how good gluten free bread can be, so I agreed. Today is the day of the Shower, and it starts in less than 3 hours, so in true Heidi fashion, I just threw the 2 loaves in the oven a few minutes ago.
The recipe we made at our original bread date was based upon this recipe for Ocean Spray Cranberry Nut Bread, which is not gluten free. It's simple enough to switch a recipe to gluten free, just use a gluten free flour mix instead of wheat flour, and add xantham gum if it isn't already in the mix. Shannon, who also has Celiac like my daughter, suggested we also add instant vanilla pudding mix to help keep it moist.
The recipe is not the most healthy recipe, what with all the sugar in it, juice, and pudding mix, so I have changed it a bit myself. I also prefer my bread to be female, so I don't use nuts in mine like the original recipe calls for. One of these days I will mess around with substituting some honey for part of the sugar, but I'm not sure 3 hours before the baby shower is the time to do that. I'm sure my mom would agree. So this is the recipe I used today and the last few times I made it:

Gluten Free Cranberry Orange Bread

2 cups gluten free mix(I used Namaste Perfect Flour Blend, which has xantham gum in it)
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3 cuties, skins and all, mushed up in a food processor with about a 1/4 cup hot water
2 tablespoons coconut oil, slightly melted
1 egg
1 1/2 cups frozen cranberries(can be found in the freezer section year round!)
1/2 package Vanilla Instant Pudding

Mix all the wet ingredients together along with the sugar, then add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and pudding mix. Pour into a greased bread pan. Bake at 350 for 55 minutes.




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