Tinks Caribbean Cran Ana Bread Recipes

CRANAPANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour and sugar. Add the oil, milk and eggs, mix until well blended. Stir in the cranberries, banana and apple, mix until fruit is evenly distributed. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, until a toothpick or knife inserted, comes out clean.

TINK'S CARIBBEAN CRAN-ANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly grease a 1 pint loaf pan and line the bottom with a piece of parchment paper, cut to fit.
• In a large bowl or a stand mixer, cream together butter and both sugars.
• In another bowl, sift together flours, salt, baking powder and nutmeg.
• Stir in the dried cranberries.
• In a small bowl whisk together the egg and milk, then beat them into the creamed butter and sugar mixture a little at a time.
• Gently fold the flour mixture into the butter mixture until well mixed.
• Peel and mash the bananas in a small bowl with a fork. Add the vanilla and stir well.
• Stir the banana mixture into the cake mixture, then pour into the prepared loaf pan. Use a knife to smooth the top.
• Bake for 60 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
• Let the bread cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.

CARIBBEAN TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Remove the bread pan from the bread machine and fit the kneader.
• Add the melted butter, milk and eggs to the bread pan. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together. Stir in the caster sugar, desiccated coconut and tropical fuits.
• Sprinkle the mixture over the liquids in the bread pan.
• Insert and lock the bread pan into the bread machine. Select program 10 (Cake/Quick Bread). Press start. After 6 minutes, open the lid and, using a plastic spatula, scrape down the sides of the bread pan to remove any dry flour pockets.
• At the end of the cycle, turn off and remove the bread pan, using oven gloves.
• Leave to stand on a cooling rack for 5 minutes then turn out and place on a wire rack to cool.

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.

CRAN-ALMOND LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Whisk together the first six ingredients. In another bowl, whisk together eggs, buttermilk, oil and extract. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. Fold in cranberries., Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 60-65 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.

EGGLESS CARIBBEAN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter a standard-size loaf pan.
• In shallow bowl mash the bananas with a fork until it is liquidy but still lumpy. Set the banana mush aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer), beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the vinegar, rum and lime zest and beat to mix well. Add the banana purée and the flour mixture alternately, about 1 cup at a time, beginning with the banana and beating to just incorporate. Use a spatula to fold in any flour that has not been absorbed, and stir in the coconut. Do not overmix.
• Scrape the batter - it will be thick - into the prepared pan. Smooth the top, and sprinkle evenly with the demerara sugar. Bake for 50-65 minutes, or until the top is nicely browned and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool on a wire rack for about 20 minutes; then turn the loaf out of the pan and allow it to cool completely.
• This loaf will keep, sealed airtight, for three to four days.

CARIBBEAN ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 325ºF (165ºC). Grease and flour 2 (9-x5-inch) loaf pans.
• Whisk the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a bowl. Beat the bananas, eggs, vegetable oil, applesauce, brown sugar, white sugar, and vanilla together in a separate large bowl. Stir the flour mixture into the wet mixture. Fold the zucchini, walnuts, and coconut into the batter until evenly combined. Pour into the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool in the pans for 25 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.