Cranberry Banana Bread
Extra cranberry sauce? Not a problem! Mix it into this Cranberry Banana Bread for a morning treat that'll have the whole family asking for more!
Servings: 10 slices
Calories: 340kcal
Ingredients
For the Cranberries
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup orange juice
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
For the Bread
- 6 oz. unsalted butter room temperature
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 3 ripe bananas mashed
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ cup chopped pecans divided
Instructions
For the Cranberries
- Using a small saucepan, add sugar and orange juice. Place over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar has dissolved. Add cranberries and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, for 8-10 minutes, or until cranberries begin to burst and most of the liquid has evaporated. Remove from heat and let cool fully.
For the Bread
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Grease and flour a 9”x5” loaf pan; set pan aside.
- Using a countertop mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy (~2-3 minutes on medium speed.)
- Add eggs, bananas and vanilla extract; stir until just combined.
- Using a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Add half of flour mixture to the bowl with the banana mixture; stir until well combined. Repeat with remaining flour mixture.
- Add ½ cup of chopped pecans and cooled cranberry sauce (from above); stir until well combined.
- Transfer mixture into prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle remaining ¼ cup of pecans on top.
- Bake for 80-90 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of bread comes out mostly clean. (Note: Tent the top of the bread with foil after ~50 minutes to prevent it from burning.)
- Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Nutrition
Calories: 340kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 69mg | Sodium: 196mg | Potassium: 326mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 518IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 2mg
