Cranberry Apple Bread

Commitment

• Skill Level: Medium
• Prep Time: 20 minutes
• Cook Time: 60 minutes
• Cool Time: 20 minutes
• Total Time: 100 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 stick butter, room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¾ teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ginger
• 1 jar cranberry apple jam
• ½ cup cranberry apple juice
• 1 cup chopped cranberries

Directions

1. Cream the butter and sugar.
2. Mix in eggs and vanilla.
3. In a medium-size bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, and ginger. Mix thoroughly.
4. Alternately add the flour mixture, cranberry apple juice, and cranberry apple jam to the butter mixture. Mix until just combined.
5. Fold cranberries into the batter.
6. Bake 50–60 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
7. Dust the cranberry apple bread with powdered sugar and garnish with cranberries and rosemary sprigs.

Add a half cup chopped walnuts, pecans, or diced apple with the cranberries for a delicious variant.