Banana Cranberry Bars Recipes

BANANA-CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Coat an 8 x 8-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Put butter, brown sugar and banana in a food processor and process until smooth. Add oats, flour and baking powder and pulse until blended. Add zest, juice and cranberries and pulse until a smooth batter forms with bits of cranberry throughout.
• Spread batter in baking pan and smooth top with a wooden spoon. Bake until firm and golden brown, about 35 to 40 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into 8 bars.

BANANA CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Spray a 13x9 pan with cooking spray and preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl smash your bananas with a fork. Add cake mix, cranberries, butter, eggs and water. Beat at low speed until combined then at medium speed for 1 minute. Put batter in sprayed pan and top with pecans.
• Bake 20-30 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool completely before removing them from the pan. If you would like sprinkle them with powdered sugar.

CREAM CHEESE BANANA-CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease/flour two loaf pans.
• First bowl:.
• Cream butter and cream cheese
• Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time.
• Second bowl:.
• Combine flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt
• Third bowl:.
• Mash bananas.
• Slowly add flour mixture into cream cheese/butter/sugar mixture. It will be a little dry at this point - don't worry!
• Stir in bananas and vanilla, mix well.
• Stir in cranberries, fold well.
• Spoon into pans. Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour. For the last fifteen minutes cover with foil so doesn't brown too much.
• Enjoy!

BANANA CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and shortening until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, and mix in bananas, cranberry sauce, milk, and vanilla. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Gradually blend flour mixture into the banana mixture. Fold in walnuts. Pour into the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack, and cool completely.

BANANA-CRANBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F Coat an 8 x 8-inch baking pan with 1 spray of cooking spray.
• Put butter, brown sugar and banana in a food processor and process until smooth. Add oats, flour and baking powder and pulse until blended. Add zest, juice and cranberries and pulse until a smooth batter forms with bits of cranberry throughout.
• Spread batter in baking pan and smooth top with a wooden spoon. Bake until firm and golden brown, about 35 to 40 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into 8 bars.