{"id":46520,"date":"2025-11-24T06:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=46520"},"modified":"2025-11-24T06:53:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:53:50","slug":"cranberry-applesauce-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/11\/24\/cranberry-applesauce-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Cranberry Applesauce Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46521\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/11\/24\/cranberry-applesauce-bread\/cranwalnutbread\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CranWalnutBread.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CranWalnutBread\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CranWalnutBread.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CranWalnutBread.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46521\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CranWalnutBread.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CranWalnutBread.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CranWalnutBread.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We all have our own Thanksgiving traditions &#8211; grandma&#8217;s stuffing, whole turkey or turkey breast, apple pie vs. pumpkin. This bread will be a new tradition in the old homestead &#8211; a moist cranberry and walnut wonder &#8211; perfect in the morning with a cup of coffee before you hit the ground running! <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups chopped cranberries<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon + 2\/3 cup granulated sugar, divided<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon nutmeg<\/li>\n<li>1 cup applesauce<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup milk<\/li>\n<li>1 cup walnuts, chopped<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba. Grease and line a loaf pan with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>In a small bowl, toss the cranberries with a tablespoon of sugar, set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, cream the butter and remaining sugar together. Beat in the egg and vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>In a small bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. In a separate small bowl, mixing the applesauce and milk together.<\/li>\n<li>Add the flour and milk-applesauce to the butter\/sugar mixture in batches, mixing until well combined. Fold in the cranberries and walnuts.<\/li>\n<li>Pour into prepared pan and bake for 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool completely on a wire rack before slicing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all have our own Thanksgiving traditions &#8211; grandma&#8217;s stuffing, whole turkey or turkey breast, apple pie vs. pumpkin. This bread will be a new tradition in the old homestead &#8211; a moist cranberry and walnut wonder &#8211; perfect in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/11\/24\/cranberry-applesauce-bread\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[176,1238],"tags":[2815,2096,2531,1053,1073],"class_list":["post-46520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-applesauce","tag-cranberries","tag-quick-breads","tag-thanksgiving","tag-walnuts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-c6k","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10557,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/11\/19\/pumpkin-cranberry-bread-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":46520,"position":0},"title":"Pumpkin Cranberry Bread","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"November 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This was my Mom's recipe, over the years it was doubled to make extra because the first loaf never lasted long. 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