Cranberry Coffee Cake

Fresh cranberries come in plastic bags in the refrigerated section of your grocery store. Don't try this with canned or dried cranberries. It doesn't work. Trust me.

(This recipe yields 8 servings)
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Ingredient

• 3 cups fresh cranberries (frozen and thawed cranberries work - but fresh is much better)
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1 cup light cream
• 3/4 cup butter - softened
• 3 large eggs - lightly beaten
• 1 additional Tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teasoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

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Instrustion

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Prepare a 9-inch baking pan with a generous coating of crisco or cooking spray.
3. In a medium bowl, combine cranberries, 1 cup of the sugar and all the nuts. Add to prepared pan.
4. In a small bowl, combine the remaining sugar, cream, eggs, butter and vanilla. Mix well.
5. In a large bowl, sift flour, baking pwder and salt. Add contents of small bowl to the large bowl and mix well.
6. Drop batter over ingredeints in prepared pan and smooth with a spoon or spatula.
7. Sprinkle the additional Tablespoon of sugar and the cinamon on top of the batter.
8. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out batter-free.