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The tartness of the cranberries make this a wonderful recipe. I used fresh whole wild cranberries that we picked and they made the bread all the more special. It is moist and tender with bursts of lemon and cranberry flavor. I did not use mini loaves because I didn't have them. I used 3 regular loaf pans and left them in for 50 minutes. I can't loose this recipe...it is that good. Thank you.<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2023-12-06","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"Virginia068"},"reviewBody":"
I read this as FOUR mini loaf pans. Mine are about 5x3. Yours are apparently tiny. I filled TWELVE mini loaf pans to the top. Of the larger size. There is one difference from your recipe. I used whole cranberries (not dried). But they took up the required two cups. I measured carefully. I\u2019m not sure why the amount was large enough to fill 12 mini loaf pans double the size of yours. They came out well and I took the precaution of placing a cookie sheet under them in case of overflow. There was a little but they rose well. Happy with the results but I cooked them ten minutes more due to the increased size. 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