This Banana Cranberry Bread is a delicious and moist quick bread. It’s the perfect way to use up leftover cranberry sauce this holiday season!

What’s the #1 thing that you have leftover after Thanksgiving dinner? I bet it’s cranberry sauce! Cranberry sauce leftovers are a given in most households, because not everyone enjoys it!

Considering that, I have quite the list of recipes that will use up leftover cranberry sauce like these Turkey Cranberry SlidersEasy Cranberry Cream Cheese DipCranberry Meatballs, Cranberry Bars, and now, this Banana Cranberry Sauce Bread! 

This Cranberry Banana Bread recipe makes one loaf, but can easily be doubled! If you double the recipe, you’ll need to plan for about 6 overripe bananas and 2/3 cup of leftover cranberry sauce. 

I used the canned cranberry sauce that has whole cranberries, but feel free to use your homemade sauce as well. Homemade sauce usually incorporates orange juice and orange zest, which gives this delicious leftover cranberry sauce bread even more yummy flavor!

Banana Cranberry Bread

Recipe Substitutions:

This easy recipe has several possible substitutions! 

I used the whole canned cranberry sauce, but you can absolutely use your homemade cranberry sauce or leftover cranberry relish. 

Substitute brown sugar for white sugar. 

I have had success using gluten-free flour for this recipe. My favorite is Bob’s Red Mill 1:1.

Want more easy bread recipes? I recommend: Easy Irish Soda Bread | Fresh Pear Bread | Craig’s Famous Banana Bread

Banana Cranberry  Bread

How to store Cranberry Banana Bread

Be sure your Banana Cranberry Bread is fully baked through and completely cooled. Once it is, you can store it at room temperature in an air tight container or Ziploc bag. There is no need to refrigerate banana bread. 

You can freeze banana bread! If you make an extra loaf and want to keep it for another week, wrap your banana bread in foil and then in plastic. Make sure as much air is removed as possible before freezing. You can freeze banana bread for up to 6 months. 

Here’s a few more ideas to use leftover cranberry sauce: On turkey sandwiches | On top of seared chicken breasts or pork chops | Swirl through vanilla yogurt for a parfait 

Banana Cranberry Bread

How Long is Banana Bread Good For 

Banana bread will store in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days. If you have not finished your banana bread at this point, you can freeze it using the instructions above. 

I hope that you enjoy this Banana Cranberry Bread! I know that it’s been a comfort to me in the cold days that follow Thanksgiving. 

If you enjoy this bread recipe, be sure to let me know in the comments! 

Banana Cranberry Bread

Banana Cranberry Bread

Yield: 1 standard loaf
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 55 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

This banana bread recipe is a great way to use up leftover cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving!

Ingredients

Wet Ingredients:

  • 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 ripe bananas, mashed
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Dry Ingredients:

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt

For the swirl:

  • 4-5 tablespoons cranberry sauce

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a standard loaf pan with cooking spray.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar using a hand mixer or your stand mixer. 
  3. Add eggs, mashed bananas and vanilla extract. Mix to combine. 
  4. In a medium mixing bowl, mix together all of the dry ingredients. Combine flour, pie spice, baking soda and salt, stir to combine. 
  5. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, mixing to incorporate.
  6. Pour batter into a prepared loaf pan.
  7. Top banana bread batter with 4 tablespoons of cranberry sauce. Using a butter knife, draw lines through the cranberry sauce to swirl it throughout the top of the banana bread.
  8. Bake for approximately 50-60 minutes until the top of the bread starts to turn golden brown, and the center is cooked through.  Remove and allow to cool on a wire rack.
  9. Enjoy!

Notes

Leftover Cranberry Sauce Muffins: Follow the preparation instructions and place banana batter in muffin tin, then place a small dollop of cranberry sauce on top and swirl with a toothpick. Bake time will be right around 15 minutes.

Nutrition Information
Yield 10 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 307Total Fat 11gSaturated Fat 6gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 4gCholesterol 62mgSodium 249mgCarbohydrates 50gFiber 2gSugar 27gProtein 4g

The nutrition for this recipe is calculated by an app and may be incorrect.

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