5 from 42 votes
Banana Cranberry Bread
Banana Cranberry Bread combines ripe bananas with bursting cranberries for a moist, mildly sweet quick bread. The cranberries are cooked with sugar and water before folding into a batter of whole wheat flour, butter, brown sugar, and egg whites, providing a balance of tart and sweet flavors. The texture is tender with a subtle crunch from turbinado sugar sprinkled on top. Baking until a toothpick comes out clean ensures it's cooked through without dryness, ideal for breakfast or a snack.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
Servings:
16
servings
Calories:
94 kcal
Course:
Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup Cranberry fresh or frozen
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp water
- baking spray
- 1 1/4 cups white whole wheat flour
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp butter (softened)
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar (not packed)
- 2 egg large, whites
- 3 banana lightly mashed, ripe, medium
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tbsp turbinado sugar
Instructions
- In a small saucepan combine the cranberries water and sugar and bring to a boil. Simmer over medium heat until the cranberries burst, about 4 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a loaf pan with baking spray.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt with a wire whisk. Set aside.
- In a large bowl cream butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer. Add egg whites, bananas, and vanilla, and beat at medium speed until thick. Scrape down sides of the bowl.
- Add flour mixture and blend at low speed until combined, do not over mix.
- Fold in cranberries and pour batter into the prepared loaf pan; sprinkle with turbinado sugar on top and bake in the center rack for about 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let the pan cool at least 25 minutes, bread should be room temperature before slicing.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1slice
Calories
94kcal
(5%)
Carbohydrates
20g
(7%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
2g
(3%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Cholesterol
4mg
(1%)
Sodium
105mg
(4%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
11g
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 16 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 94
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1slice | |
| Calories | 94kcal | 5% |
| Carbohydrates | 20g | 7% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 2g | 3% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 4mg | 1% |
| Sodium | 105mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 11g | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.