Banana Cranberry Bread

Description

I always have leftover cranberry sauce after Thanksgiving, so I created this recipe which is very moist and delicious.

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups white sugar
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 mashed bananas
  • 1 cup cranberry sauce
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9×5 inch loaf pans.
  2. In a large bowl
  3. cream together the sugar and shortening until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs
  4. and mix in bananas
  5. cranberry sauce
  6. milk
  7. and vanilla. In a separate bowl
  8. mix together flour
  9. baking soda
  10. baking powder
  11. cinnamon
  12. and nutmeg. Gradually blend flour mixture into the banana mixture. Fold in walnuts. Pour into the prepared loaf pans.
  13. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes in the preheated oven
  14. or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes
  15. then turn out onto a wire rack
  16. and cool completely.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Servings: 24

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