Kim Klinkrodt’s Favorite Recipe: Edie’s Cranberry Apple Bread

 Kim Klinkrodt designs jewelry specifically to bring out the inner sexy goddess in moms and moms-to-be. You can read her interview here. She shared one of her favorite recipes.

Kim says: “I don’t normally follow recipes, unless I am baking. I found this one in a Chanukah cookbook and my son ate half of the bread in one day! It is a great one to share for the holidays too!”

Edie’s Cranberry-Apple Bread

1 cup fresh cranberries
3/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
1 tsp grated lemon rind
1 large apple, diced

1 extra large egg, beaten
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp margarine or butter, melted
3/4 cup orange juice
1 cup sugar or 2/3 cup agave nectar

2 cups unbleached flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix cranberries, nuts, lemon rind and apple in a small bowl and set aside.

In a separate bowl, beat the egg until frothy and mix in vanilla, butter/margarine, orange juice and sugar/agave.

In another small bowl, sift flour baking powder and baking soda. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and blend until smooth and then stir in the cranberry-nut-apple mixture. (Aviva’s tip: Do this by hand and don’t overbeat; makes a tough muffin.)

Pour the batter into a 4 1/2 in x 13 in greased baking pan. Bake for 1 hour or until the top of the bread splits slightly.