3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2-1/2 cups bread flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
1-1/2 cups sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup cranberries, chopped
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/3 cup apricots, dried, chopped
pecan halves
whole cranberries
1 cup powdered sugar
1-1/2 to 2 tablespoons milk
Cream butter in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and nutmeg; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until blended after each addition Stir in vanilla. Fold in cranberries, chopped pecans, raisins, and apricots.. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8-1/2 x 4- 1/2 x 3-inch loaf pans; arrange pecan halves on top. Bake at 35 degrees F. for 55 to 60 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely. arrange whole cranberries on loaf. Combine powdered sugar and milk, mixing well; drizzle over loaves.
Yield: 2 loaves.