BANANA WALNUT CRANBERRY BREAD WITH BROWN SUGAR WALNUT GLAZE

BANANA WALNUT CRANBERRY BREAD WITH BROWN SUGAR WALNUT GLAZE image

Yield 2 loaves

Number Of Ingredients 19

Brown Sugar Walnut Glaze
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
10 tablespoons dark brown sugar
3 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped walnuts
Banana Walnut Cranberry Bread
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups bananas, mashed (about 4 bananas)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 tablespoons buttermilk or heavy cream
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup walnuts, chopped and toasted
1 cup dried cranberries, chopped
1 teaspoon salt

Steps:

For the Banana Walnut Cranberry Bread: Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Toast chopped walnuts in oven for 5 minutes, remove and set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. In separate bowl, beat 2 eggs, mashed bananas, vanilla, and buttermilk. Mix banana mixture into creamed butter and sugar. Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into banana mixture, beat well. Fold toasted walnuts and chopped cranberries into mixture. Divide mixture evenly into two greased and floured bread loaf pans. Bake approximately 1 hour or until a knife comes out clean when inserted into the middle. Remove bread from pans and place on a cookie tray. Ladle prepared glaze evenly over bread loaves and return to oven for approximately 5 minutes until glaze is bubbling. Remove from oven and cool on racks. For the Brown Sugar Walnut Glaze: Melt butter in saucepan over medium-high heat and add sugar, milk, vanilla, Stir continuously until all sugar has melted approximately one minute. Add walnuts and use immediately.