Dried Cranberry Banana Bread

4.59 from 17 votes

Dried Cranberry Banana Bread

An old fashioned recipe using ripe bananas and dried cranberries for an added sweet twist.

Prep Time20

Active Time55

Course: Bread

Cuisine: American

Keyword: dried cranberries, old fashioned, ripe bananas

Yield:

Calories: 143kcal

Author: Sweet Ordeal

Materials

2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup shortening
2 large eggs
3 Tbsp. buttermilk
1 cup ripe bananas, mashed
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup dried cranberries

Instructions

Grease either 1 - 9 x 5" loaf pan, OR 3 - 3.5 x 5" mini loaf pans.
In large bowl, mix sugar, shortening, and eggs.
Stir in buttermilk and eggs.
In separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add flour mixture to large bowl alternating with bananas. Stir until everything is combined, do not over-mix. Add dried cranberries, stir.
Pour into greased pan(s) and level. Allow to sit while you heat oven to 350°.
For the larger pan, bake for 50 - 60 minutes. For the 3 mini pans, bake 35- 40 minutes. Allow baked bread to cool 15 minutes in pan, then remove from pan to wire rack to finish cooling. Enjoy!
For optional streusel topping, see NOTES below.

Notes

For optional streusel topping mix the following together in a small bowl: 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 2 tsp. sugar, and 1/2 tsp. cinnamon.

To that mixture, cut in 3 Tbsp. cold butter. Spoon over top of bread and bake as usual.

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