Best Cranberry Orange Pumpkin Spice Banana Bread Recipes

CRANBERRY-ORANGE PUMPKIN-SPICE BANANA BREAD

Cranberry-Orange Pumpkin-Spice Banana Bread image

This super moist holiday loaf will help you ring in the fall and holiday season with warm pumpkin spice and seasonal cranberry! Bake one for snacks and breakfast at home, but remember that mini loaves make great holiday gifts for co-workers!

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Time 1h25m

Yield 14

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

3 large ripe bananas, mashed
1 cup I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread
¾ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup dried cranberries
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice*
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon grated orange peel

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Brush 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with additional I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread; set aside.
Combine mashed banana, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl with wooden spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients except Glaze until blended. Spoon into prepared pan.
Bake 60-70 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes on wire rack; remove from pan and cool completely.
To make Glaze, combine confectioners sugar, melted Spread, vanilla, orange peel and 3 to 4 teaspoons warm water in small bowl. Drizzle over cooled banana bread.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 313.8 calories, Carbohydrate 52.9 g, Cholesterol 26.6 mg, Fat 10.9 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 3.1 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 256.4 mg, Sugar 33.9 g

CRANBERRY-ORANGE PUMPKIN-SPICE BANANA BREAD

Cranberry-Orange Pumpkin-Spice Banana Bread image

TIP: To ripen bananas quickly, put unpeeled bananas on baking sheet and bake at 350° 15 to 20 minutes or until skins have blackened. Slice skins open and scoop out banana.

Number Of Ingredients 18

Ingredients

For the banana bread
3 large ripe bananas*, mashed, (about 1-1/2 cups)
1 cup I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread
3/4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup dried cranberries
1 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice**
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
For the orange glaze
1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
1 tablespoon I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon grated orange peel

Steps:

For the banana bread
Preheat oven to 350°. Brush 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with additional I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread; set aside.
Combine mashed banana, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl with wooden spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients except Glaze until blended. Spoon into prepared pan. Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes on wire rack; remove from pan and cool completely.
**Pumpkin pie spice is sold in jars in the supermarket. You can create your own by combining 2 tsp. ground cinnamon, 1 tsp. ground ginger, 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg or allspice and 1/4 tsp. ground cloves.
For the orange glaze
To make Glaze, combine confectioners sugar, melted Spread, vanilla, orange peel and 3 to 4 teaspoons warm water in small bowl. Drizzle over cooled banana bread.