Cranberry Cardamom Bread Recipe

This recipe will quickly become one of your favourite bread machine recipes. It's quick and easy, and totally delicious. The cinnamon and cardamom add a rich depth of flavour and the dried cranberries give a hint of sweetness.

4.39 from 90 votes

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 2

Total Time 2 5

Ingredients

1 ½ to 1 ¾ cups warm water
2 tablespoon brown sugar
1 ½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon coconut oil or other oil
4 cups bread flour
2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoon cardamom
1 cup dried cranberries
2 teaspoon bread machine or instant yeast

Instructions

Bake in bread machine:

Add 1 ½ to 1 ¾ cups warm water, 2 tablespoon brown sugar, 1 ½ teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoon coconut oil, 4 cups bread flour, 2 teaspoon cinnamon, 2 teaspoon cardamom, 1 cup dried cranberries, and 2 teaspoon bread machine or instant yeast bread maker as listed starting with the lesser amount of water - choose sweet bread cycle.
Check back to see if you need additional water during the knead cycle.
Once baking is complete, remove from the bread machine, and turn out onto a spread tea towel. Allow to cool for 20 or so minutes.
Cool until room temperature before placing in storage bags.

Bake in oven:

Add 1 ½ to 1 ¾ cups warm water, 2 tablespoon brown sugar, 1 ½ teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoon coconut oil, 4 cups bread flour, 2 teaspoon cinnamon, 2 teaspoon cardamom, 1 cup dried cranberries, and 2 teaspoon bread machine or instant yeast bread maker as listed starting with the lesser amount of water - choose dough cycle.
Remove dough from bread machine after dough cycle has completed, and turn out onto a floured surface.
Punch down the bread and shape into logs sized for the bread pan. Transfer shaped logs into greased loaf pans, cover with a tea towel and place in a warm place to rise for 45 minutes.
At the end of the rise, bake in the oven at 375f for 35-40 minutes, covering the bread loosely with tinfoil if the crust darkens too rapidly.
Remove bread from oven and turn out onto a spread tea towel. Allow to cool for 20 or so minutes.
Cool until room temperature before placing in storage bags.

Notes

This is a 2lb loaf recipe. It should work in most bread makers!

I throw everything in the bread machine all at one time, instead of adding the dried cranberries to the dispenser compartment – I find this gives a better dispersion of the fruit.