Description
Try your cider in your bread this year!
Ingredients
																
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			- 1 cup apple cider
 - ½ cup pumpkin puree
 - ½ cup butter
 - 1 cup brown sugar
 - 2 eggs
 - 2 tsp vanilla extract
 - 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
 - 2 tbsp cornstarch
 - 1 ¼ tsp baking powder
 - ½ tsp baking soda
 - ¼ tsp salt
 - 1 tsp cinnamon
 - ¼ tsp nutmeg
 - 1 tsp ground ginger
 - ½ cup dried cranberries
 
For the topping:
- 1 tbsp butter, melted
 - ½ cup brown sugar
 - ½ tsp ground ginger
 - 1 Gala apple, cored and sliced
 - 4 tbsp almonds, coarsely chopped
 
Instructions
- Remove all ingredients from refrigerator and let them reach room temperature.
 - Preheat oven to 325.
 - Butter and flour a 9×5 loaf pan.
 - In a saucepan, simmer apple cider and pumpkin puree until reduced to 1 cup. Let cool to room temperature.
 - In a stand mixer, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and beat for two minutes.
 - Gradually add flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Beat just until combined, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl at least twice.
 - By hand, stir in cranberries until evenly distributed in the batter.
 - Turn batter into prepared loaf pan.
 - In a mixing bowl, toss together all topping ingredients except pepitas. Arrange apple slices on top of the batter in the loaf pan. Sprinkle with pepitas.
 - Bake for approximately 60 minutes or until a wooden skewer emerges cleanly.
 - Let cool for a few minutes before running a knife around the edges of the loaf pan to separate the loaf from the pan. Let cool to room temperature before removing loaf from pan.
 - Slice to serve. Have honey, cream cheese and/or soft butter on hand to slather the slices!