Banana, Cranberry and Apple Bread 香蕉，蔓越莓 & 苹果面包
Banana breads are usually quick breads which are leavened with baking soda instead of yeast. This is also the best way to use up over-ripe banana for both a delicious and healthy treat. Do you know that 23rd February is National Banana Bread Day? To celebrate National Banana Bread Day that is tomorrow, I adapted the recipe from My Kitchen Snippets partly because I still have leftover of bananas and dried cranberries. This is the most moist, soft and delicious banana bread that I ever tasted. It is so fragrant while it’s being baking in the oven, I’m giving 5 stars for it. You don’t need an electric mixer for this, just mix the ingredients with a large spatula and push the loaf pan into the oven and you’re done. My only problem is the baking time took up to 70 minutes for the bread to be fully cooked. Why? Because I’ve put in too much bananas and I threw in all the grated apple juices while mixing that made the batter quite wet. So remember to check on the timing when you want to bake this banana bread as temperature varies.
Banana, Cranberry and Apple Bread
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Author: Ann Low
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups flour (Plain flour) ~ 200g
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¾ cup sugar ~ 140g (I used 130g sugar)
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup + 2 tbsp corn oil ~ 100g
- 4 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup dried cranberry ~ 125g
- 1 apple – grated (green apple)
- 3 large bananas – mashed ~ 235g without skin on
Instructions
- Line and grease a loaf pan. (I used cooking spray to grease the pan) Preheat the oven to 350 degree F (170 deg C).
- In a mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. Mix well and set it aside.
- In another mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, oil, vanilla, grated apple and mashed bananas. Mix it well with a big spoon. Add in the dry ingredients into the eggs mixture. Mix until well combined.
- Lastly add in dried cranberries. Mix well and pour it into the baking pan. Bake for 50 - 70 minutes or skewer inserted into bread and comes out clean.
Notes
Do not overmix the batter, the gluten in the flour can form elastic gluten strands – resulting in a more dense, chewy texture.
香蕉，蔓越莓 & 苹果面包
*松松软软又很湿润的香蕉面包，非常容易做！只需把所有材料混合均匀就可以拿去烘烤了！
材料：
- 200克 低筋面粉
- 1/2 茶匙 苏打粉
- 1 茶匙 泡打粉 （发粉）
- 1/4 茶匙 盐
- 130克 细砂糖
- 2个 全蛋
- 100克 玉米油
- 4 汤匙 牛奶
- 1 茶匙 香草香精
- 125克 蔓越莓干
- 1粒 青苹果 （磨成泥）
- 3条 熟香蕉 – 去了皮 -235克 （压烂）
做法：
- 准备一个长方形烤盘，底部铺纸。预热烤箱至摄氏170度。
- 将粉类及盐一起过筛到碗里，备用。
- 在另一个大碗，用橡皮刮刀把鸡蛋，牛奶，油，苹果碎泥和香蕉混合均匀。然后倒入粉类，再拌匀即可。
- 最后加入蔓越莓干，再拌匀便可倒入烤盘。 送人预热烤箱栲约50-70分钟或竹签插面包入内部，拔出没有粘糊，就表示熟了。
**加了粉类搅拌至看不到粉末就可以了。过度的搅拌面粉会起筋使烤出来的体质会很扎实。
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Enjoy & Happy National Banana Bread Day!
That looks great ! Love the addition of cranberries and apple as it adds color and texture to the bread 😉 I have the same question every time I bake banana bread 😀 Instead of 60 minutes , I usually cook it for 10 to 20 minutes more 😛
Anne, yes sometimes we pay full attention on the baking time especially with very wet ingredients.
they look divine! B loves banana cake or bread or anything with banana!thanks for sharing this 🙂
You're welcome Dudut.
The bread looks so soft & yummy! U're so talented 🙂 Ann, don't forget to collect your award!
Thank you Shirley for passing the Inspiration award to me. I'm also inspired by you 🙂
I have a playdate for kids tomorrow so I was going to bake banana bread but didn't know 23rd is National Banana Bread day! My kids like raisins but I'm going to buy an apple and cranberries and try this one instead. Looks so good! I can't wait to try it!
Nami, Hope your kids will love this banana bread with cranberries and have fun tomorrow.
Thanks for sharing this awesome recipe. I've all the ingredients except bananas, willo bake tonight . Have been slow down in baking recently after CNY, but your bske has just stirred my urge ^_^
You're really fast! Looks fabulous 😀
You are absolutely right! I've just posted in my blog ^_^
Eileen, Don't rest too long as this will have more lazy bugs in your body 😀
Anyway hoe to see your post soon.
It looks tot
From the photo, it doesnt look wet. I also want to make soon. 😉
Chris, You'll know when you bake this. As long as the baking time is right, you'll get a very delicious bread.
How wonderful. This is such a healthy and delicious treat. Yes, I agree this is the best way to use up the ripped bananas. 🙂 I love the cranberries in your recipe. Make the bread so beautiful and I love the slight tartness from them.
Amy, You'll love this and is very addictive because of the cranberries.
This looks so good. I'd like a slice with a cup of coffee.
Oh yes, I saw this at Gert's blog too. Indeed looks very good! Thanks for letting us know about this National Banana Bread day…hope I can still bake something banana tomorrow! 😛
Hi, hope you are doing great. Interesting combination, would love to try it out someday 🙂
I not even know there is a National banana bread day , hehehe. I also bookmarked this recipe too.
Hi Ann, whenever I bake cake in a loaf pan, the top will always puff up and unlike yours, look flat. May I know how to achieve this? Thanks.
Eileen, is camera trick as you can see the basket is slightly higher than the loaf. 😀
Like the idea of apple and cranberry in the banana bread. Looks delicious, especially with a cup of tea/coffee ;-)Hope you are having a wonderful week Ann!
Thank you Juliana.Have a great weekend too 🙂
I love banana brad and the cranberries sound so good with it. I have some bananas on the counter and I think in two days they should be just ready. So I'll be remembering this recipes. Hope you are having a great week Ann.-Gina-
this looks perfect 🙂 love banana bread
Wow, I mean, like seriously, they have a national banana bread day now too? I was just laughing and joking that soon there will be a day named after every food out there since I have heard about the doughnut day, and if there is, then every day is some food's day!:pLove the combination you used in this bread; sounds very exotic and delicious!:D
Christy, The day before was pancake day and there are so many days to follow ;DD
Gee, this looks mouth-watering….Bookmarked!
I love bread! This looks really yumm, hmm well with more banana and apple juice I am sure they combine really good together and gonna be very moist instead of dry texture that normal bread has. Oh my I am craving for bread now ^^
Hi Daphne, Hope you try this out and I'm sure you'll like this bread.
i just saw janine's banana loaf just this morning and now yours..but no..not going to make them yet cos i just made one a week ago but looking at it, it's very tempting! love that basket too!
Lena, Yes Janine's banana loaf looks very yummy too. Going to try it too.
We love banana bread and yours came out perfect..but all your dishes come out so good and mouthwatering! Great photos sweetie, I hope you are having great week?!
Thank you Sandra :)Love your beef steak, looks so delicious!
ohhh..yeah…this looks soooooooooooo good & tempting..;)Tasty Appetite
I didn't know that is a national banana bread day! LOL but I spotted this recipe at My kitchen snippets too and bookmarked it! You confirmed why this is sooo good!
Sooo good! I could imagine how flavor-packed it is, worth baking a little bit longer.
I tried this and it really taste yummy but the only thing is that my bread doesn't rise and the texture is still very sticky. Not soft enough. Where did I do wrongly? Should I on the top/bottom/both burner in the oven? Thanks
Hi Katie, Your bread is not fully cooked yet. You may bake it another 5-10 mins little longer. Insert the skewer into the bread, make sure it comes out clean.
Dear Ann,I've only heard of banana bread and looks like you've elevated it a few notches with this recipe!
This is also my first time trying this lovely recipe. Hope you try this too – you'll love it!
Hi Ann, I tried this recipe today and it turned out delicious. I especially like the tartness of the cranberry as it balanced out the sweetness of the bananas. I cut down the sugar to 110g as I dont like it too sweet and it turned out just right for me as my overripe bananas were already very sweet However, when I compare my bread with your picture, mine seems denser whereas yours has more air pockets. The texture of my bread also taste more like a dense cake. Nevertheless, it still tastes very good. Thanks for sharing such a simple and delicious recipe. Durian is in season now. Maybe I will replace bananas with durian and make a durian bread.
Chinese versionew of the recipe mentombed 低筋面粉 whicj is cake flour but the ingredients in the English version stated plain flour.
Hence, seek your confirmation on the correct flour used for this recipe.
Thank you.
Hi Carol, Sorry for the confusion. In fact I’m rather confused about the ‘面粉’ in Chinese too. I always put plain flour ‘普通面粉’ in my Chinese recipe last time but many readers from Facebook asked me what is ‘普通面粉’?So after some google searches, many Chinese bloggers put ‘低筋面粉’. To me cake flour is finer and better than plain flour but both type of flour can be used.
Hi AnnI made this today and instead of apples, I substitute it with jackfruit and cranberries with raisins – and it was absolutely delicious.cheersAmanda
Yes Ann, I used fresh jackfruit. I bought a packet from the wet market ($2) and was about to eat them, and I thought why not use it for the bread and it turned out wonderful.Amanda
Mmmm… I love jackfruit. Thought of using jackfruit to make layer cake.Have you check your mailbox? I've sent you a picture of the loaf last night.
Hi AnnJust checked my mail box and replied you. Amanda
Amanda, Sounds so great with jackfruit and raisins. BTW you used fresh jackfruit?
This bread looks lovely. I think the bananas, cranberries,and the apples sound great together, I would never of thought of combining the three of them in a bread.
Hi Ann, I actually tried out this receipe last weekend, and it works.. the receipe is so easy to follow..just wondering on the vegetable oil, do you mean 100g of it? or only 2 teaspoon?mine came out moist, but bit too on the sweet side, maybe the banana it self is very sweet.. i might reduce the sugar next try..Thanks for sharing this, Ann!
Hi Bobo, I followed Gert's recipe to T and because I'm not familiar with cup measurements, so I just measured and weighed the ingredients. The vegetable oil is correct 100g.:)Of course you can reduce the sugar a little or cranberries if you find its too sweet.
I love that you added cranberries and green apple in the banana bread. A perfectly dense and moist bread.
Perfectly done, Ann!!! I love the addition of dried cranberies…so yummy! I put too many apples in my last quick bread…and only the ends were cooked through…oops!
Thank you Lizzy! I love to add more apples too … 😀
Ann, I can't believe I missed Banana bread day! This combination looks great, and I have used her (Kitchen Snippets) banana bread recipe before too. I like using dried cranberries and cherries (not together though). I wish I had some now!
Lyndsey, This bread is very addictive and I'm sure you'll love it after trying it 🙂
Lovely looking bread !.. and a divine combination of banana, apple and cranberry !
This is certainly more healthy and more delicious thn banana bread!
as usual, your bakes always turn out so good!
发现到你最近上的糕点都有用到蔓越莓干,红红的一点很吸引也很刺激味蕾。
呵呵。。。就是喜欢干粿,而且新年买了1kg,一直用不完。
Very delicious slices,yummy!!Erivum Puliyum
Gorgeous Bread, Ann. Perfect for Banana Bread Day tomorrow. Right now I'm still celebrating Margarita Day today but those bananas on the counter are calling my name!Thank you so much for sharing…
This bread looks delicious and I am always gamed to try a new recipe that turned out soft and looks like cake without having to cream the butter and sugar.
I think I will have to make this soon. Looks so soft and yummy! Love dried cranberries.
Yes Biren, This is very delicious and healthy. I'm sure you and your family will love it!
the bread looks so soft and moist, banana with cranberries seems to match so well, apples will give little tartness to this delicious bread, am so tempted to try it now.
Thank you for stopping by and your nice comment 🙂
Yes i am going to make one tomorrow 23/2/2012 Thanks for sharing!
James, You're welcome 🙂 Hope to see your post soon.
全部都是很健康的材料 ^_^
真的很健康,还有哦。。。很容易爱上它 🙂
Passei para uma receitinha.Receita deliciosa.Bom dia!(⁀‵⁀,) ¸`⋎´¸.•°`♥ Beijinhos.Brasil
Thanks Magia for your lovely compliment.
Looks soft and delicious, it doesn't look wet!
看到你,Min和Jane都上了香蕉糕,真的很吊隐。这个当早餐吃也很棒呢!
Li Shuan, 对啊!希望你也赶快加入阵容 🙂
Love that addition of the tartness. A cup of tea and all is good.
Yes Belinda. Wish you're here to join me for breakfast 🙂
I had no idea there was banana bread day! Looks delicious, I love banana in baked goods. 🙂