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APPLE CRANBERRY BREAD WITH LEMON BRANDY SPREAD

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Good for Christmas Baking and Gifting. Freezes well. Recipe from: "The Ark Cookbook", by Nanci Main and Junella Lucas. Bought book in the author's restaurant, " The Ark" in Washington State, on the coast line at the very tip of the state, really good place to eat at. This was in July 1993. For this one I actually had fresh cardamom pods that I freshly ground for the bread, boy the pungent smell, it was wonderful, and used some of the fresh ground cardamon in my apple pie that day. I do make this bread every year, frankly, it is so good without the spread. Just a good cup of coffee and a slice.

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Ingredients

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For the bread

  • butter
  • caster sugar
  • egg
  • vanilla extract
  • almond extract
  • flour
  • bicarbonate of soda
  • salt
  • cardamom
  • orange juice
  • apples
  • walnuts
  • cranberries

For the spread

  • 227 grams cream cheese Softened
  • 2 tablespoons icing sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon zest
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon brandy

Method

  1. Cream 1/2 c. softened butter till whitened. Add 1 c. sugar gradually. Add 2 eggs, one at a time, add 1 tesp. vanilla and 1/2 tesp. almond extract.
  2. Shift together 2 cups. flour, 1 tesp. bicarbonate of soda, 1/2 tesp. salt, and 1 tesp. cardamom.
  3. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with 1/3 c. orange juice.
  4. Fold in 1 c. peeled, cored, and coarsely chopped apple, 1/2 c. coarsely chopped walnuts, and 1/2 c. chopped cranberries.
  5. Spread the batter into a 9X5 inch loaf pan that is lightly greased and lined on bottom and sides with cooking parchment. Gently tap the pan on a counter to remove air pockets.
  6. Bake 50 -60 mins at 350 degrees F. until a toothpick comes out clean.
  7. Let cool in pans 10 mins before removing to finish cooling.
  8. Mix spread ingredients until smooth.
  9. To serve, slice Bread and either spoon Spread a little on slice or use a star tip pipe. Garnish with a walnut half.

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