Cranberry Banana Bread
Cranberry Banana Bread is made with flavorful fresh cranberries, sweet bananas, cinnamon & nutmeg to make this fantastic take on traditional banana bread.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup softened butter 1 cube
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/3 cups mashed bananas about 3 bananas
- 2 cups fresh cranberries rinsed
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 2 TBSP coarse sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Spray your 8-9" bread pan with non-stick spray or line with parchment. Set aside.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda & salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar until well blended. Stir in spices, eggs, vanilla and bananas.
- Stir in flour mixture until just incorporated.
- Fold in cranberries, setting several aside to top bread with, if you'd like.
- Transfer mixture to bread pan. Sprinkle top with coarse sugar and top with remaining cranberries, if desired.
- Bake for 60-65 minutes at 300 degrees F. Bread will be a dark brown color and internal temp will read 190 degrees F when done.
- Cool in pan for 20 minutes. Overturn loaf onto a cooling rack to cool rest of the way. Slice & enjoy!