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    Home » Breads

    Cranberry Walnut Bread

    Published: Dec 5, 2018 · Modified: Jun 19, 2020 by Carolyn Hetke · This post may contain affiliate links,

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    This Cranberry Walnut Bread is the perfect bread for leftover turkey sandwiches!  It is also good on its own with a bit of butter. This bread is so delicious you may want to plan ahead for holiday leftovers or breakfasts!

    Cranberry Walnut Bread ona board.

    This loaf is not like a quick bread - it is more like a real loaf of bread.  You could toast it like you would Cinnamon Raisin bread.  Spread it with cream cheese or butter.

    Leftover turkey sandwich using cranberry walnut bread

    But - it was to-die-for with leftover turkey, mayo and cranberry sauce in a sandwich the day after Thanksgiving.  You could use chicken as well.

    Chef's Tips

    It does take a longer rise period than regular white bread.  I made it in the dough cycle of my bread machine and let it go through the 'final' rise. My dough cycle is

    • 5 minute knead
    • 5 minute rise
    • 20 minute knead
    • 60 minute rise.

    Then I shaped it into loaves at the end of the dough cycle  and gave it another 60 minute rise.  If you don't allow it to do the second rise it will be dense and only about 5" high.

    I made dough for a 1 ½ pound loaf.  I made one big loaf the size of regular bread and then split the second half of the dough into 2 smaller pans that I can freeze or gift.

    Turkey Sandwich with Cranberry Walnut Bread

    It freezes well.  And- it would make a lovely hostess gift.

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    Turkey Sandwich with Cranberry Walnut Bread

    Cranberry Walnut Bread

    Author: Carolyn Hetke

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    Course: Snack, Tea Time
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 15 minutes mins
    Cook Time: 40 minutes mins
    Total Time: 3 hours hrs 25 minutes mins
    Servings: 2 loaves

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup milk
    • 2 eggs beaten
    • ¼ cup butter melted
    • ¼ cup sugar
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • zest of 1 lemon optional
    • 3 cups all purpose flour
    • 2 tsps quick rise yeast
    • ½ cup dried cranberries rough chopped
    • ½ cup walnuts rough chopped

    Instructions

    • Mix liquid ingredients.
    • Mix flour, salt and sugar.
    • Add ingredients to bread machine in order of manufacturer's instructions. Mine is wet ingredients, flour mixture, then sprinkle the yeast on top of the flour. Start the dough cycle.
    • Add the cranberries and walnuts at the beep. You can add them with the flour at the beginning but they may get more ground up.
    • Spray 2 loaf pans with cooking spray. At the end of the dough cycle. Divide dough in half, shape into 2 loaves. Cover the loaf pans with a clean cloth and allow dough to rise another 60 minutes.
    • Heat oven to 350 degrees and bake 40 minutes. See note.

    Notes

    Note:  Instead of 2 regular size loaves I made one regular and 2 mini loaves.  The mini loaves only needed 25 minutes to cook.
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    1. Sue

      November 24, 2019 at 2:53 pm

      Can I allow this to bake in my bread maker? This is my first time using the machine so forgive me if this is a nieve question. ?

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      • thewineloverskitchen

        November 25, 2019 at 1:21 pm

        Hi Sue! For sure you can let it bake in the bread machine. Use the Sweet cycle which (on my machine) has only a 40 minute bake for a 1 lb loaf or 50 minutes for a 1.5 lb loaf.

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