Cranberry Bread

Baking temperature: 325º F
Baking time: 60 minutes
Yield: 2 loaves

Ingredients

• 1 package (12oz.) fresh or frozen cranberries
• 1 cup sugar
• 1, 8 cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup (2 sticks) margarine, softened
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups flour (King Arthur Flour)
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Instructions

1. Line 2 (9” x 5” x 3“) loaf pans with foil and grease foil well.
2. Wash and stem cranberries. Drain well, chop in half.
3. Add 1 cup sugar and mix well. (If berries are frozen wash and chop them while still frozen).
4. Do not let the cranberries sit in the sugar mixture longer then it takes to complete the rest of the recipe.
5. Cream together cream cheese and margarine.
6. Add 1 ½ cups sugar, vanilla and eggs.
7. Add flour and baking powder.
8. Fold in nuts and the cranberry mixture.
9. Divide batter between prepared loaf pans.
10. Bake at 325 for 1 hour or until bread test done.
11. Lift loaf out of pans using foil. Let cool.