Cranberry Apricot Loaf (A Keks Recipe)

This sweet bread made our house smell like Christmas morning. It is soft, moist, crumbly and loaded with the sweet tang of cranberries and apricots. And it's infused with clementine zest. And it's amazing! I'm craving a slice just writing about it. Good thing we made it today and still have some left. Phew! We've been experimenting with different Keks recipes and this is our favorite. Keks is a traditional Russian Christmas dessert bread. It's a cross between a coffee cake and a fruit cake; definitely a comfort food.

👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 40m⏳ Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 1h 10m👤 Natasha of NatashasKitchen.com📖 natashaskitchen

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🥘 Ingredients

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🍳 Cookware

●pan
●oven
●bowl
●whisk
●colander
●mixing bowl

📝 Preparation Steps

Preheat the Oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a bread loaf pan.

Whisk together 1 1/2 cups kefir and 1 tsp baking soda together in a medium bowl and set aside for ⏱️ 20 minutes. It will look fluffier when it's ready:

baking soda1 tsp

Chop dried apricots into pieces about the size of your dried cranberries. In a medium bowl, cover craisins and dried apricots with boiling hot water and let sit two (2) minutes, then drain well and set aside to dry in a colander.

In a large mixing bowl, beat together eggs and sugar until pale in color (⏱️ 3 min on high speed). Mix in 1 stick melted butter (not hot butter, just warm), 4 Tbsp olive oil and 1/2 tsp vanilla extract. Stir to combine.

large eggs (cold is ok)2tsp vanilla extract1/2

Whisk in the prepared kefir and baking soda until well blended.

baking soda1 tsp

Mix in the 2 cups flour until everything is well blended.

Finally fold in the craisins, chopped apricots and clementine zest.

Transfer the batter to your prepared baking pan and give it a little shake to even out the top.

Bake in the center of the oven at 350 for 60 to ⏱️ 70 minutes. Check the center with a wooden toothpick. It's done when the toothpick comes out clean. Let the loaf cool inside the pan until cool enough to handle, then transfer to a wire rack to cool to room temperature. Once it's cooled, dust with powdered sugar and enjoy.

Nutrition Facts

calories

436 kcal

fat Content

10 g

serving Size

1 g

fiber Content

2 g

sugar Content

56 g

sodium Content

178 mg

protein Content

6 g

cholesterol Content

47 mg

carbohydrate Content

82 g

saturated Fat Content

2 g

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