Cranberry Bread
This Cranberry Bread tastes of home and I can see why it reminds Leni of her mother! The cinnamon, cranberries, and walnuts make this bread an especially tasty treat for the fall, although it’s delicious year-round. If you're looking for food ideas for The Great Alone, look no further!
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 cup cranberries*
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 cups flour
- 1 ¼ cups sugar
- 6 tbsp butter melted and cooled to room temperature
- ½ cup walnuts optional
Instructions
To prepare:
- *If using dried cranberries, soak the cranberries for 1 hour in bowl with the milk, vanilla, and egg. If using fresh cranberries, skip this step.
Cranberry Bread:
- Mix the milk, vanilla, egg, and cranberries from preparation step with the melted and cooled butter in a large bowl.
- Next, mix all dry ingredients together in a separate bowl: flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt.
- Slowly mix the dry ingredients from step 2 into the milk, vanilla, egg, cranberry, and butter mixture until incorporated.
- If desired, fold in walnuts.
- Use a bit of softened butter to butter a loaf pan. Then, dust with a small amount of flour.
- Pour the bread mixture into the buttered and floured loaf pan.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 20 mins**. Then, lower the temperature to 350 degrees and bake an additional 45 minutes.
- Test for doneness with a toothpick.
Notes
**If bread is not cooked at a high enough temperature, it will rise too quickly and fall in.
