This cranberry banana bread is the perfect compliment to your holiday gathering.
Have you ever had leftover ingredients from a recipe and you aren’t sure what to do with, but you don’t want to go to waste? That was me and cranberries this year. I bought 2 bags and only used one to make the cranberry sauce. I know they aren’t expensive, but I didn’t want to just throw the bag away. So I made some bread.
And it’s really good.
The combination of bananas and cranberries may sound weird, but they complement each other perfectly.
*** This recipe makes 2 large loaves.
Ingredients:
* 1 cup unsalted butter
* 3 eggs, room temperature
* 2 egg whites
* 1 teaspoon (plus a little extra) vanilla
* 1 cup brown sugar
* 1 cup granulated sugar (plus 1 tablespoon for the cranberries)
* 6 rip bananas, smashed
* 3 3/4 cups flour
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 2 teaspoons baking soda
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 cup buttermilk
* 2 cups fresh cranberries, rinsed and minced
Directions:
* Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 large loaf pans.
* Put cranberries in food processor and pulse until finely chopped (or you can mince them by hand)
* Place cranberries in small bowl and coat with 1 tablespoon sugar. Mix gently.
* In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
* In large bowl, or stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat butter and sugars until fluffy.
* Add eggs one at a time, mixing to combine after each addition. Add egg whites and mix.
* Blend in vanilla.
* Add mashed bananas and mix until fully combined.
* Add dry ingredients in 3 additions, alternating with the buttermilk.
* Fold in the cranberries.
* Fill loaf pans and bake 1 hour-1 hour 10 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.
* Let cool in pans on wire rack for 20 minutes, then remove from pans to cool completely.
You could also make this cranberry banana bread into muffins for an easy to grab breakfast or snack.
Enjoy!
Absolutely pinning this recipe!! Love it!! xo, Biana – BlovedBoston
I mean, it has to be my favorite bread recipe ever. So good! Thanks for pinning!
This looks so good Tiffany!
It’s funny because in October we did the 5 in a Row book – Cranberry Thanksgiving. At the end of the book there’s a recipe for cranberry bread. We made it but I was disappointed because it had an overwhelming orange taste. Banana would be spectacular.
Thanks for sharing!
Wishing you a lovely day.
xoxo
Orange, interesting. No orange here! It’s more banana with a hint of cranberry. Love it so much!
Happy Wednesday my dear!
xoxo
Yum!!! 🙂
HAHA! Maybe you can try it with the gluten free flour??
Such a great way to use up the cranberries! I think they give such a great tart but sweet flavor to so many things!
I was worried the bread would be a bit too tart, but not at all. The sugar mellows the tartness out.
That looks so good!!! My mother always makes banana bread and then makes a little tin for me 🙂
Banana bread is my favorite to make. But now I think this is. So good! You have a nice mama! 🙂
That sounds amazing!! I’ve never tried to make bread homemade before but I might have to try this!
<3, Pamela
Sequins & Sea Breezes
Thanks Pamela! I love making bread. It’s actually easier than you think. This is my new favorite recipe. So good!
I’ve never had cranberry banana bread but I love cranberries & banana bread haha, so this sounds amazing!
I hadn’t either until I made this. I swear Mia, it’s so good. Definitely my new favorite bread recipe.
yum! this sounds so good! what a great idea to add cranberries! xo jillian – cornflake dreams
I was pleasantly surprised with how it turned out. So yummy!!
xoxo
Tiffany, this actually sounds so good! I love cranberries in things and I love banana bread. I’m thinking I may need to grab me some cranberries while I’m out and about tomorrow. This looks delicious! Thank you for sharing!
I hope you like it! The hubs says this is his new favorite recipe. I may make it again next week for Christmas. Maybe try some strudel topping for festiveness. 🙂
That looks delicious! I think I put my loaf pan in storage since I never make bread 🙁 Maybe I’ll get it out so I can make this 🙂
Never put bakeware in storage girl! That’s like a sin in my book. 😉
It looks really yummy. It almost looks like it is blueberry and banana bread maybe. I pinned it to try it out for later. 🙂