This was GREAT! Made it for our Mother's Day get together. I never use shortening and always sub it with sour cream I also used a whole can of whole cranberry sauce. I also made one loaf with nuts the other without. Otherwise I followed the recipe. I will make this again!
This was GREAT! Made it for our Mother's Day get together. I never use shortening and always sub it with sour cream I also used a whole can of whole cranberry sauce. I also made one loaf with nuts the other without. Otherwise I followed the recipe. I will make this again!
I used a can of whole berry cranberry sauce no shortening 3 T of dry milk powder (in place of liquid milk) and only 1 cup of sugar. It is now my family's favorite banana bread recipe even beating out the cocoa chocolate chip banana bread.
EXCELLENT base recipe. Thanks for the start! bananas and cranberries -- what an awesome combination! The result is a kind of "spice bread." I think that the nutmeg is key!! Here's my healthier version. Note: bananas -- Using VERY RIPE ones and more of them gives the moisture AND sweetness. Banana Cranberry Bread 2 1/2 c. sugar -- reduce to 3/4 c. sugar 1 c. shortening -- eliminate this entirely 3 eggs 3 mashed bananas -- increase to 10 VERY RIPE (brown) mashed bananas 1 c. cranberry sauce -- substitute 1 bag = 12 oz. whole cranberries instead 1 orange peeled and mashed -- ADD this 1/2 cup milk 1 t. vanilla extract 4 c. all-purpose flour -- substitute 3 c. self-rising flour 1 1/2 t. baking soda 1 1/2 t. baking powder 1 t. ground cinnamon 1/2 t. ground nutmeg -- increase to 1 t. ground nutmeg 1/2 c. chopped walnuts 2 loaf pans (9x5") -- 3 loaf pans 350 for 50--60 m -- 40 m (less cooking time means more moistness)
Absolutely delicious. I was looking for a recipe for moist Cranberry-Orange bread. This was it. The first time I make a new recipe I try to make the original recipe but this time after reading the reviews I used 1 cup of chopped fresh cranberries instead of the sauce and I used the zest of one orange. This recipe made 6 mini loaves. I used a toothpick to make sure it was done. This will go into my Hall of Fame.
This is a great recipe! I always have mashed ripe bananas in my freezer and often cranberries so it's a dandy. I too might add a handful of whole cranberries to my next batch and would perhaps add a few more walnuts. For extra flavour I toasted the walnuts lightly in a non-stick pan first - no oil just medium heat and remove before they burn! Lesley Hamilton ON Canada.
I used my leftover candied sweet potatoes instead of banana and WOW. Very moist very delicious and very happy to use my leftovers in such a creative way.
My husband (who hates cranberries!) loved this recipe. I used homemade cranberry sauce (recipe on this site Cranberry Sauce I submitted by Toni) and while the actual cranberry sauce was excellent I have to agree with other reviewers that there didn't seem to be enough cranberries. Should consider adding some whole cranberries next time. I substituted margarine for the shortening and made them into muffins instead of loaves. Worked out well.
I thought this recipe was just okay. I made it into muffins and it worked well I just didn't find them particularly flavorful. Adding some dried or fresh cranberries might add some needed zing.
This recipe was very good. The only thing I substituted was using 25% less flour and butter instead of shortening. I will surely make this again. This tops the list for cranberry bread recipes.
