The Very Best Banana Cranberry Bread Food

CRANBERRY-BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350- grease two 9x5 loaf pans.
• Cream shortening with sugar; add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Combine dry ingredients& add alternately with bananas to shortening mixture.
• Add nuts, stir well.
• Fold in cranberry sauce.
• Pour batter into prepared pans- bake 60-65 minutes or until done.
• Remove from pans& cool thoroughly on wire rack (allow to cool completely before slicing).

THE VERY BEST BANANA CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Cream shortening, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs and mix until blended. Fold in mashed bananas. Fold in dry ingredients. Lastly, add the cranberries and chopped walnuts. Pour into a greased 9 X 5 loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour. (Until knife inserted comes out clean).
• **I have used halved cranberries but found whole fresh cranberries work fine**.
• ** I also use dark brown sugar. It's just my preference.**.

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 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 CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Coarsely chop fresh cranberries and set aside.
• Mash bananas and set aside.
• In large mixing bowl, beat eggs, sugar and oil together.
• Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, vanilla and nuts.
• Mix together.
• Add cranberries and bananas and continue to mix until blended.
• Pour into 2 greased and floured loaf pans.
• Bake in 350°F oven for 45-55 minutes or till tests done in center with toothpick.
• Remove to wire rack and cool for 10 minutes before removing to completely cool on wire rack.

CRANBERRY BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Grease large (this is a large loaf) bread pan with shortening.
• Preheat oven to 350F.
• To prepare cranberries: Combine cranberries, water and sugar (1 1/2 cups) in a saucepan and bring slowly to a boil.
• Simmer until done, stirring to dissolve sugar.
• (Don't overcook--the cranberries are done when they pop open.) Drain in sieve over a bowl.
• Discard juices or use elsewhere.
• To prepare bread: Mash bananas with a fork until very smooth.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• With and electric mixer, cream shortening until light.
• Add sugar (2/3 cup) gradually until very light.
• Add eggs one at a time until light and fluffy.
• Add mashed banana and mix well.
• On low speed, gradually add dry ingredients until well blended.
• Beat until smooth.
• Very carefully stir in cranberries and walnuts.
• (Maybe only a couple of swipes with the rubber spatula.) Bake for about 1 hour until bread springs back when lightly touched.
• To prepare glaze (i. e., gilding the lily): Boil water and sugar in a saucepan about 2 minutes until syrupy, stirring constantly.
• After bread has cooled slightly (10 minutes or so), pour glaze over top of bread while it is still in the pan.
• Cool completely before removing.

CREAM CHEESE BANANA-CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease/flour two loaf pans.
• First bowl:.
• Cream butter and cream cheese
• Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time.
• Second bowl:.
• Combine flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt
• Third bowl:.
• Mash bananas.
• Slowly add flour mixture into cream cheese/butter/sugar mixture. It will be a little dry at this point - don't worry!
• Stir in bananas and vanilla, mix well.
• Stir in cranberries, fold well.
• Spoon into pans. Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour. For the last fifteen minutes cover with foil so doesn't brown too much.
• Enjoy!

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.