CRANBERRY-BANANA BREAD

Cranberry-Banana Bread image

My Mom never made plain banana bread - the cranberries add such a pretty color and nice tartness to this bread. Great for breakfast!

Provided by Mary Scheffert

Categories Quick Breads

Time 1h25m

Yield 2 loaves

Number Of Ingredients 10

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Ingredients

2/3 cup shortening
1 1/3 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 1/2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chopped nuts
2 cups mashed, ripe bananas
1 (16 ounce) can whole berry cranberry sauce

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350- grease two 9x5 loaf pans.
Cream shortening with sugar; add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Combine dry ingredients& add alternately with bananas to shortening mixture.
Add nuts, stir well.
Fold in cranberry sauce.
Pour batter into prepared pans- bake 60-65 minutes or until done.
Remove from pans& cool thoroughly on wire rack (allow to cool completely before slicing).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 2954.6, Fat 116.8, SaturatedFat 25.5, Cholesterol 423, Sodium 2874, Carbohydrate 443.4, Fiber 18.3, Sugar 242.4, Protein 49.1