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    Home » Recipes » Home Baking » Home Baking Bread and Rolls

    Cranberry Banana Bread

    Published: Dec 22, 2015 · Updated: Sep 7, 2020 by Neil 14 Comments

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    A loaf of sliced cranberry banana bread.

    Cranberry banana bread is a deliciously moist healthy addition to your baking list. I'm using dried cranberries as opposed to fresh cranberries meaning it's not just for Christmas it's for all year round!

    Cranberry banana bread sliced on a serving dish.

    Actually, it came about completely by accident. The using of the dried cranberries that is, because I couldn’t get actual fresh cranberries anywhere, when I started putting together this recipe.

    I needn’t have worried that they might burn or go rock hard whilst baking because the wet batter mixture actually prevented that - happy days!

    So, get stuck into this low calorie, low fat healthy non butter alternative cranberry banana bread. I think you’re going to love it!

    As with my other banana bread recipe, this cranberry banana bread recipe makes 15 slices, which can easily be frozen, and individually removed from the freezer when required!

    Two slices of cranberry banana bread on a plate. The rest of the cake on a serving dish in the background.

    The good folks at my work have become my “guinea pigs” for recipes like this cranberry banana bread.

    In the case of this bake, I simply left the box in the kitchen at work with a note of what it was, returning an hour later to find it all gone.

    Now I think that’s testament to what they thought of this!

    If you have any leftover cranberries after making this recipe then how about some chocolate cranberry truffles?

    Close up of a plate of two slices of cranberry banana bread. The rest of the sliced loaf on a plate in the background.

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    Cranberry banana bread is a deliciously moist healthy addition to your baking list. I'm using dried cranberries as opposed to fresh cranberries meaning it's not just for Christmas it's for all year round! Click to Tweet

    Cranberry Banana Bread Recipe

    You could also top this delicious cranberry bread recipe with a simple glaze.

    Why not head on over to my cherry bakewell loaf cake recipe and use that simple topping!

    I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂

    This deliciously moist cranberry banana bread is not only a fantastic healthy addition to your Christmas baking list but as you use dried cranberries here, as opposed to fresh cranberries, you can make it all year round!
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    Cranberry Banana Bread Recipe

    Make this deliciously moist and healthy cranberry banana bread at any time of the year.
    Prep Time30 mins
    Cook Time1 hr
    Total Time1 hr 30 mins
    Course: Home Baking
    Cuisine: International
    Servings: 15
    Calories: 187kcal
    Author: Neil

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    Equipment

    • Loaf tin
    • Kitchen scale
    • Measuring spoons
    • Wooden spoon
    • Whisk
    • Large mixing bowl
    • Pyrex mixing glass bowl
    • Wooden skewers
    • Wire baking rack

    Ingredients

    Dry Ingredients:-

    • 200 g plain flour
    • 100 g wholemeal flour
    • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • 150 g caster sugar
    • 100 g dried cranberries

    Wet Ingredients:-

    • 4 medium sized ripe bananas
    • 200 g no fat Greek yogurt
    • 2 medium eggs whisked together
    • 15 g coconut butter melted
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    Metric - US Customary

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 180C fan and grease a 20cm x 12.5cm / 8” x 5” loaf tin.
    • Put all of the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
    • In a separate bowl, add and mix all the wet ingredients together, first by mashing the bananas, then by combining them with the yogurt, eggs, coconut butter and vanilla extract.
    • Pour the liquid wet ingredients into the large bowl with the dry ingredients and fold everything together into a batter with a spatula.
    • Pour the batter into the greased loaf tin and bake in the centre of an oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour until the loaf has risen well and is golden brown. Check the centre is cooked by inserting a wooden skewer, which should come out clean.
    • Remove from oven and allow to cool in the tin for 15 minutes before removing from the tin and placing on a wire rack.
    • Once cooled slice into 15 slices and keep in an air tight container.

    Notes

    Can be frozen and individual slices removed when required.
    Nutrition label details are per slice.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 187kcal | Carbohydrates: 38.2g | Protein: 4.3g | Fat: 2.6g | Saturated Fat: 0.8g | Cholesterol: 25.7mg | Sodium: 201.3mg | Fiber: 2.3g | Sugar: 18.7g | Vitamin A: 200IU | Vitamin C: 4.1mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 0.7mg

    Nutrition Facts
    Cranberry Banana Bread
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 187 Calories from Fat 23
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 2.6g4%
    Saturated Fat 0.8g5%
    Cholesterol 25.7mg9%
    Sodium 201.3mg9%
    Carbohydrates 38.2g13%
    Fiber 2.3g10%
    Sugar 18.7g21%
    Protein 4.3g9%
    Vitamin A 200IU4%
    Vitamin C 4.1mg5%
    Calcium 40mg4%
    Iron 0.7mg4%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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    Comments

    1. Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      December 22, 2015 at 11:11 am

      AH! I can't wait to see more videos and photos!!! Amazing!!!
      And I see the cranberry love you have 😉 Fabulous idea to pair them with sweet banana! I would gobble this bread up!!!
      Merry Christmas Neil!!!

      Reply
      • neil@neilshealthymeals.com

        December 22, 2015 at 1:38 pm

        Thanks Rebecca! 🙂

        Hopefully I'll have a first post for next week of some of the photographs (that's the plan anyway) I took. There's a couple more little videos too.

        I see you approve of my cranberry obsession! Thanks 😉

        Merry Christmas to you too Rebecca!! 😀

        Reply
    2. Susie @ SuzLyfe

      December 22, 2015 at 12:41 pm

      WELCOME BACK! I've missed you! I'm so glad that you indeed had the adventure that you anticipated, and I can't wait to hear more. Until then, enjoy your Christmas, and send me over some of this goodness, will you?

      Reply
      • neil@neilshealthymeals.com

        December 22, 2015 at 1:42 pm

        Hey Susie, missed you too! 😀

        There were times by the pool in Zanzibar, that I reached for my tablet to check on all my favourite bloggers but unfortunately I didn't have a spare hand to type anything cause I was holding my cocktail in it. 😆

        Have a fabtastic Christmas. I'll get Lynne to eat some of this cranberry banana bread on your behalf? 😉

        Reply
    3. Natalie @ A Fit Philosophy

      December 22, 2015 at 2:14 pm

      I love banana bread and my husband loves it even more!!! Great idea with the cranberries! I've got to try that addition!

      Reply
      • neil@neilshealthymeals.com

        December 22, 2015 at 4:21 pm

        Hi Natalie, thanks. 🙂

        That's exactly the same for Lynne and I! I love banana bread, and she literally devours it, lol

        I hope you love it with the added cranberries, as much as we do, and I hope you and Matt have a wonderful Christmas!

        Reply
    4. Melanie @ Melanie Cooks

      December 22, 2015 at 11:12 pm

      5 stars
      I love homemade bread! Banana bread is such a great way to use up overripe bananas! Your banana bread has perfect texture, and dried cranberries add such a nice touch!

      Reply
      • neil@neilshealthymeals.com

        December 23, 2015 at 4:36 am

        Thanks Melanie.

        Both Lynne and I have loved banana bread for a long time now and there's nothing like giving it an extra special "boost" at this time of year with the cranberries!

        Reply
    5. lindsay

      December 23, 2015 at 12:47 pm

      welcome back! what a holiday! love the videos. can you take me next time? and feed me this bread? please?

      Reply
      • neil@neilshealthymeals.com

        December 23, 2015 at 4:39 pm

        Hey thanks Lindsay!

        More videos and photographs to come in January, and I'd quite happily feed you this bread, but you would have to pry it away from Lynne first. 🙂

        Hope you have a great Christmas. 😀

        Reply
    6. Emily

      December 24, 2015 at 5:42 pm

      You went to Uganda and Kenya??? I went to Uganda about 2 years ago, and it was one of the best experiences of my life! I've never thought of banana and cranberry going together, but this looks good.

      Reply
      • neil@neilshealthymeals.com

        December 26, 2015 at 5:27 am

        We were so blown away by the beauty of the country and the wonderful people of Uganda, Emily!

        We're definitely going back. Our guide kept telling us of all the other places, like Queen Elizabeth National Park that we're love to visit in the future too. 🙂

        Thanks for commenting and I hope you and your family had a wonderful, peaceful Christmas together. 😀

        Reply
    7. Shashi at RunninSrilankan

      December 29, 2015 at 4:12 pm

      Oh wow - that video is amazing - thanks so much for sharing it - and this recipe Neil! This cranberry banana bread sounds delicious - GAH now if only I can con my way into being one of your co-workers every tie you bring treats like this to work! 🙂
      Hope y'all had a wonderful Christmas and I hope y'all have a wonderful NYE! Wishing you and lady Lynne much joy in 2016, Neil. Looking forward to those posts about Uganda and Zanzibar!

      Reply
      • neil@neilshealthymeals.com

        December 29, 2015 at 6:06 pm

        Hey Shashi, great to hear from you and I hope you had a wonderful Christmas too!

        Just working on finalising the first of the four planned posts of our African adventures, hopefully that'll be up later this week! 😀

        Have a fantastic New Year yourself and thanks for your amazing comments about my cranberry banana bread. You know I'd always save a slice for you. 😉

        Reply

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