Happy Friday everyone!! One of the things I love most is preparing early for the holidays. I find we get to enjoy them the most when we prepare ahead of time and keep it stress-free! It’s so easy to get wrapped up in all of the busyness of getting last minute gifts and all the baking that goes into the holidays. We often forget the real meaning of Christmas and to sit back and ENJOY this awesome time of year!
While I love living close to family so we can spend the holidays with both my side of the family and my husbands, we also enjoy being home on Christmas morning to enjoy each other’s company and a nice, cozy Christmas brunch. This tradition started when I was a child and ever since, I have loved putting it together for T and I so that we could continue this tradition with our own family!
- 2 ½ cups almond flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon Himalayan sea salt
- 1/3 cup organic honey
- 1/3 cup grass-fed butter (plus some to grease the bread pan)
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup chopped cranberries
- ½ tbsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup fresh squeezed orange juice
- Zest of one large orange
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease loaf pan with butter and set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat eggs with a hand-mixer. After about a minute, add in the other wet ingredients and mix until smooth.
- In another bowl mix the dry ingredients, saving half of the orange zest until later. Stir.
- Slowly add in the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients while mixing.
- Add the chopped cranberries slowly and stir until they are dispersed throughout.
- Slowly pour into loaf pan.
- Add the rest of the orange zest to the top of the bread.
- Bake for 55-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.