Cranberry White Chocolate Quick Bread Mix in a Jar
photo by Tinkerbell
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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1 loaf
- Serves:
- 16
ingredients
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For Gift
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg (I use fresh grated, but ground is fine)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries
- 1⁄2 cup white chocolate chips
- 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped
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For Making the bread
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
- 1⁄4 cup butter, melted
- 1⁄4 cup powdered sugar
- 1⁄2 tablespoon milk
directions
- To make the gift jar: Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt and then spoon into a quart-sized jar with a tight-fitting lid. (I use a wide-mouth funnel to easily get the ingredients into the jar.) Tap the jar gently on the counter top to settle the flour.
- Combine the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger and pour over the flour in the jar.
- Continue the layers with the dried cranberries, then the white chocolate chips and finally the pecans. Put the lid on the jar and decorate as desired.
- To make bread: Preheat oven to 350°F and lightly grease a 9x 5 loaf pan.
- Pour all the dry ingredient from the jar into a large mixing bowl and stir to combine.
- In a small bowl, use a fork to beat the eggs lightly and then add the sour cream. Continue mixing with the fork until the sour cream is incorporated.
- Add the melted butter to the dry ingredients and then add the egg and sour cream mixture. Stir just until combined.
- Spread into prepared loaf pan and bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes in pan and then turn out onto a cooling rack (with a layer of foil or waxed paper under the rack, to keep your counter clean.).
- Stir together powdered sugar and milk until smooth. Drizzle or spread over top of loaf. Serve immediately or cool completely before slicing, to keep the slices looking nice.
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Reviews
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Thanks for the recipe! I wanted to make a cranberry white chocolate quick bread in a jar, but I didn't have time to tweak and test all of my personal quick bread recipes. I was looking for something that would be successful that I could get working on right away. I made one and and it was pretty tasty. The batter was much stiffer than I had anticipated, but it turned out well nonetheless. (I made 450 of them for a holiday gift basket project!)
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I plan to use this recipe for gifts this Christmas. I just finished putting together my "trial" jar. It looks great! I'm anxious to bake the bread and give it a taste test! Does anyone know what the shelf life would be and if it can be stored on a pantry shelf? Would it be the date on the bag of cranberries?
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Perfect as a gift. I made 3 jars of the gift ingredients accompanied by the the instructions for the rest of the ingredients and how to make the bread. I did make the bread myself too so I would know what I was giving away...! The bread is moist, sweet and very easy to make, great with coffee or tea. A real treat. <br/>Thanks for creating and posting. Made for Craze-E #4 contest December 2010.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Tinkerbell
Boise, 51
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