Cream Cheese Banana Cranberry Bread Recipes

SOUTHERN LIVING'S CREAM CHEESE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended. Stir in bananas, pecans, and vanilla. Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8- x 4-inch loafpans.
• Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean and sides pull away from pan, shielding with aluminum foil last 15 minutes to prevent browning, if necessary. Cool bread in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool 30 minutes on wire racks before slicing.

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!

CRANBERRY BREAD WITH CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• Blend together cream cheese, butter, granulated sugar, and vanilla until light. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually add 2 cups of the flour sifted with baking powder. Toss remaining 1/4 cup flour with cranberries and nuts, and fold into batter. Pour into 2 well greased 9-inch loaf pans and bake in preheated 350°F oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• Combine confectioners' sugar and milk, and drizzle over bread while still warm. Yield: Two 9-inch loaves.
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BANANA CRANBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, add beaten eggs with cream cheese. With a whisk blend in brown sugar and oil, mix well.
• Stir in cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, mashed banana and flour.
• Pour mixture into a greased 9-inch round cake pan or if making quick bread a 12 x 4 x 4-inch loaf pan. Can also use 6 mini loaf pans for mini loaves.
• Bake in 375° oven for 50 minutes checking for doneness using a knife in the center of the cake.
• Cool for 10 minutes in the pan. When cool, loosen edges and turn onto rack to completely cool.
• Slice and serve or wrap in plastic wrap and foil for freezing. This will keep in the freezer for 6 months.