Cranberry Pecan Banana Bread Food

DOUBLE CRANBERRY BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and crumbly. Beat in eggs, banana and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in cranberry sauce, 1/2 cup pecans and dried cranberries., Transfer to a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan. Sprinkle with remaining pecans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50-60 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely., Freeze option: Securely wrap cooled loaf in foil, then freeze. To use, thaw at room temperature.

CRANBERRY BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F degrees.
• Grease an 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 inch loaf pan.
• Mix sugar and butter in a medium mixing bowl until completely blended.
• Add banana, milk and eggs, mixing well.
• Add dry ingredients, mixing just until moist.
• Stir in nuts and cranberries.
• Spread batter evenly in the loaf pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the bread comes out clean.
• Remove from pan, cool on rack.

BANANA BREAD WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and lightly grease a 9 by 5-inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• Mash 2 of the bananas with a fork in a small bowl so they still have a bit of texture. With an electric mixer fitted with a wire whisk, whip the remaining bananas and sugar together for a good 3 minutes; you want a light and fluffy banana cream. Add the melted butter, eggs, and vanilla; beat well and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Mix in the dry ingredients just until incorporated; no need to overly blend. Fold in the nuts and the mashed bananas with a rubber spatula. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Give the pan a good rap on the counter to get any air bubbles out.
• Bake for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Don't get nervous if the banana bread develops a crack down the center of the loaf; that's no mistake, it's typical. Rotate the pan periodically to ensure even browning.
• Cool the bread in the pan for 10 minutes or so, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before slicing. Toast the slices of banana bread, dust with confectioners' sugar, and serve.

CRANBERRY-PECAN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly butter and flour an 8 x 4 x 3-inch loaf pan, tapping out any excess flour.
• Combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl.
• Using a mixer set on medium speed, beat the butter in a large mixing bowl for 3 minutes, or until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Mix the flour mixture into the butter mixture and beat just until incorporated, with no streaks of flour remaining. Don't overbeat this batter or the bread will be tough. Fold in the bananas, cranberries, and pecans.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake the loaf for 35 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Remove the loaf from the oven and cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Use a sharp knife to loosen the edges of the loaf from the pan and cool for another 10 minutes. Remove the loaf from the pan and transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.

CRANBERRY BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, sift the first 4 ingredients; set aside.
• Mix the next 4 ingredients together in another bowl.
• Fold flour mixture with orange juice mixture, then stir in bananas, cranberries and nuts.
• Pour into 2 lightly greased loaf pans.
• Bake at 350° for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• *Note: I haven't made this bread in quite awhile and for some reason my recipe doesn't have the bake time written down, so I'm going by the bake time on a banana bread and a cranberry bread.
• I suggest checking at 30 minutes to be on the safe side.

CRANBERRY BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in bananas. Combine the flour, cracker crumbs, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in walnuts and cranberries. Pour into a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan., Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

CRANBERRY PECAN SANDWICH BREAD (FOR ABM)

Steps:

• Add all ingredients (except cranberries and pecans) in order recommended for your bread machine.
• Add the cranberries and pecans when your machine alerts you (avoids them getting too beat up in the initial mixing and kneading).
• Bake on the "sweet bread" setting, medium crust darkness, 1.5 lb loaf.