Worthy of slicing thick and serving as dessert, topped with a sauce. –The Kennebunk Inn, Kennebunk, Maine
1/2 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups chopped cranberries
1 cup applesauce
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon allspice
3-1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
Cream butter, sugar, and eggs. Add cranberries, applesauce, nuts, and spices, and blend well. Sift together flour, baking powder, and soda, and stir into mixture. Pour into 2 greased and floured medium-sized loaf pans and bake 1 hour at 325 degrees F or until loaves test done.