I used the fruit/nut setting (no sweet bread on mine) and it baked perfectly, no problems. I agree it needs more spice, but otherwise a nice bread.

There is nothing negative to say about this bread. Tasty, easy,great! I actually ate this bread with a cranberry chicken salad recipe from this website and it was terrific.

Used Amelia's instructions for mixing without a bread machine. Also doubled the spices- next time I will not double the cloves- they were a bit overwhelming! I had no craisins, so chopped up a cup of some frozen cranberries. The bread baked into a lovely, soft loaf- perfect with a cup of tea for breakfast!

I doubled the cranberries and the spices except for the cloves. I added a 1/2 cup of walnuts because it's all I had--it was great and 1 full cup would have been perfect.

This is a great recipe! I actually ended up adding two more cups of bread flour because the dough was so sticky. Doubled the spices as suggested, but omitted the cloves (personal taste). It sounded so good I doubled the recipe. I don't have a bread machine, but used my Kitchen Aid mixer with dough hook. I then divided it into 4 small (half-size) pans and baked them for 35 mins. at 350. The house smelled wonderful and the family loved it. We also discovered that it tastes great with a little leftover cream cheese frosting spread on it when warm. I'll be making this again.

Great Bread! I followed the recipe exactly.

Wow. This is the best bread I have ever eaten! I have had it every morning for breakfast, and now I'm making another loaf. It is even more wonderful if you add 1/2 of pecan pieces with the cranberries. I could eat nothing else but this bread for the rest of my life and be very happy.

I thought this bread would be so good, esp. as I love cranberries. I couldn't have been more wrong. My breadmaker doesn't have a Sweet Bread setting, but does have a Fruit/Nut setting. That is what I used, and it came out underbaked--had to finish it in the oven. The taste is not in the least remarkable. Like Liv-Pup said, "doughy". I think if I were to make it again, I would use the normal setting of my breadmaker. The difference between the two is a matter of degrees, but enough to make a difference in this recipe. Will not try again.

This bread is AMAZING! i put all the ingredients in my breadmachine and put it on dough setting. When it was done, i took it out and formed into the shape of a loaf and placed on a pan sprayed with cooking spray and floured and baked it at 350 degrees for 32 minutes! The result is an amazingly textured, soft bread with a hint of spice! I LOVE IT!

A very nice bread but did make some changes so that it would work in my bread machine: I decreased the liquid to 3/4 cup of water and 1/4 cup of orange juice a total of 1 cup liquid and used all wheat flour otherwise it is too doughy for my machine, doubled all the spices like everyone else suggested. My friend told me that I can send this bread her way anytime, she really liked it and so did I!

Absolutely delicious loaf of bread! I followed the recommendations of other reviewers, and doubled the spice amounts, plus I plumped the dried cranberries in water before adding to the dough. I set my machine for a 1½-pound loaf on the Sweet Bread cycle, medium crust. It turned out perfect, and as an added bonus, my house smelled wonderful. This is a great bread to accompany a turkey dinner, toast for breakfast, and to give as a gift (I have done all three).

Based on the positive reviews, I tried this for Easter dinner yesterday. It was fabulous! A nice, dense, moist bread, similar in texture to beer bread. The flavors went perfectly with ham and scalloped potatoes. By accident, we discovered that it is marvelous dipped in a dressing made of equal parts blasamic vinegar,oil and maple syrup. The recipe was requested, and I will certainly be making this again and again!

Very tasty and made a nicely shaped loaf. I left out the ground cloves since I didn't have them on hand, and it still tasted great. I'll be making this again.

Made this recipe twice. First time, very heavy and doughy, threw away most of it. Second time, still somewhat doughy, will not be making again.

Excellent! I followed the recipe exactly except also added sunflower seeds. I thought the clove would be too harsh tasting and I thought the bread would be too sweet with all that honey, but, boy, I was wrong! This bread is delicious as cinnamon toast!

My bread machine broke on me halfway through the first knead, so I had to do some extra work...still, this bread was worth it! I opted to sub some OJ in and it turned out to be a good choice, adding a wonderful balance to the tangy cranberries. Even my 3-year-old kept wanting more, which is high praise. I'm sure it would have turned out even better if my machine had survived.

Really liked this recipe! Moist with just the perfect amount of cranberries (I used craisins) Doubled the spices as suggested and also substituted 1/4 cup water for 1/4 cup OJ. I don't have a bread machine, so I dissolved the yeast in the warm water and let it sit, mixed together dry ingredients (EXCEPT 1 cup flour) added the butter (melted) and liquid stuff. Then I mixed/kneaded in the last cup of flour. Kneaded about 8 minutes (until elastic-y)and then let rise until it doubled (about 1hr), put in a greased loaf pan and let rise again (mine took about 40-50min to double) and then baked at 400F for 15 min and then reduced to 350F for 25 min (mine is an electric oven and somewhat goofy, so you might need to adjust the baking time)

Yum! I doubled the spices as suggested by other reviewers, and only had fresh (thawed) cranberries. YUM! Awesome hot, or toasted with a bit of agave ne