Banana Bread with Cranberries and Chocolate Chips

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 50

Total Time: 1 5

Servings: 8 people

Author: Giangi Townsend

Perfect for breakfast, afternoon snack, or evening dessert. Either way, always welcome in everyone’s homes.

Ingredients

2 cups granulated sugar 2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup butter 1 cup softened unsalted butter
6 bananas 6 ripe bananas (around 3 cups)
4 eggs 4 eggs well beaten
2 ½ cups flour 2 ½ cups unbleahced flour
2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla 1 tablespoon vanilla
1 cup dried cranberries 1 cup dried cranberries
½ cup white chocolate chips ½ cup white chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°.
With an electric beater, cream together sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add bananas and eggs, beating until well-mixed.
Sift together dry ingredients three times. Blend with the bananas mixture but do not over mix. Fold in the vanilla, cranberries, and chocolate chips.
Pour into 2 lightly-greased loaf pans. Bake for 45 minutes to one hour, until firm in the center and the edges begin to separate from pans. Do not over bake.
Cool on a rack for 10 minutes before removing from pans. These freeze beautifully.

Nutrition

Giangi's Kitchen provides nutritional information, but these figures should be considered estimates, as a registered dietician does not calculate them.