• Cooking Time: 30-45 minutes
• Servings: 8-12
• Preparation Time: 3 hours
• 3 1⁄2 cups bread flour
• 1 packet active dry yeast
• 1 1⁄4 cups 1% milk
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 1 cup dried cranberries

1. In a mixing bowl, combine 1 1⁄2 cups of the flour and yeast.
2. In a small saucepan, heat the milk, sugar, butter, and salt just until warm (115-120˚), stirring constantly until the butter almost melts.
3. Add the milk mixture to the dry mixture, and add the egg.
4. If you are using a stand mixer, beat on low speed for 1⁄2 minute, scraping bowl. Beat 3 minutes at high speed. If mixing by hand, use a flat wooden spoon to mix well.
5. By hand, stir in the remaining flour to make a soft dough.
6. Stir in cranberries.
7. Shape the dough into a ball. Place in lightly oiled or buttered bowl, turning once to grease the whole surface.
8. Cover loosely with a towel and let rise in warm place (I usually set it on top of my gas-oven) until it is doubled in size (approximately 1 1⁄2 to 2 hours).
9. Punch down the dough, then turn it out out on a floured surface. Cover with the towel and let rest 10 minutes before place the dough in a greased 9x5 inch loaf pan.
10. Cover with plastic wrap sprayed with Pam. Let the dough rise until it crests 1 inch above the top of pan.
11. Preheat the oven to 350˚F degrees.
12. Bake 30-45 minutes until golden brown and hollow sounding.

Another recipe from the kitchen of my future mother-in-law that was requested by my fiancé. He's always so industrious when he wants me to bake him something of the bread or pie variety. This one is absolutely scrumptious!