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Cranberry Oat Banana Bread

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Cranberry Oat Banana Bread.

Ingredients

  • 1-½ cup All-purpose Flour
  • ½ cups Rolled Oats, Divided
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • ½ teaspoons Baking Soda
  • ½ teaspoons Kosher Salt
  • ⅓ cups Buttermilk
  • 1 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil
  • 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
  • 2 whole Large Eggs
  • ½ cups Light Brown Sugar
  • ¼ cups Granulated White Sugar
  • 1 cup Smashed Banana (about 3 Medium Bananas)
  • 1-½ cup Fresh Cranberries

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325˚F. Lightly grease a 9×5-inch pan and dust with a tablespoon of flour.

In a medium bowl, mix together all-purpose flour, 1/4 cup rolled oats, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

In a measuring cup, measure out the buttermilk. To the buttermilk, add the vegetable oil and vanilla extract and mix until combined.

In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat eggs, light brown sugar and white sugar together until thick and pale, approximately 3-5 minutes. Mix in smashed banana and buttermilk mixture. In two batches, add flour mixture, mixing until just combined, being sure not to overmix.

Fold in cranberries and transfer batter to prepared loaf pan. Top with a handful of rolled oats.

Bake quick bread in the preheated oven for 1 hour, or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Invert bread onto a rack to cool.

Cranberry Oatmeal Banana Bread will be moist up to 3-4 days. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap to preserve its freshness.

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mjrl on 4.18.2012

FOUR servings? Really? Just how big are those slices?!

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ExpatCucina on 4.5.2012

Could I make muffins instead of bread with this recipe?

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cherylovesfood on 3.29.2012

Made this awhile ago and really liked it. I’m not a fan of banana bread but the cranberry and oats tempered the overpowering flavour of the bananas. Next time I’d only use 2 instead of three as it was so moist I had a bit of a time getting them to bake all the way through. Lovely!

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Julia Karlhofer on 2.15.2012

fancy fruitbread, lightest but moistest!!! loved that there’s buttermilk inside… added chocolate chips hehe

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amanda79 on 12.6.2011

Very good. As the recipe says it is very moist. I love that the moisture comes from the bananas and not oil. One thing I would change is next time I’m going to add fewer cranberries. They were very overpowering. I think I’ll also maybe add some cinnamon next time too since it’s a flavor I love in banana bread. I also will probably add more bananas. The banana flavor was very subtle, but I’m not sure it that was partly caused by the overpowering cranberry flavor.

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