Best 10 Dried Blueberry Cranberry Or Apricot Banana Nut Bread Recipes

APRICOT, ORANGE, CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl. Beat in the orange zest and eggs, 1 at a time. Add the orange juice and milk and beat until mixed thoroughly. It will appear curdled.
• Add the flour mixture and beat until it is just moistened. Stir in the apricots, walnuts, and cranberries.
• Place baking rack in middle of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour five 5 3/4- by 2 1/4-inch loaf pans.
• Pour the batter into the pans. Bake for 45 minutes. Test for doneness with a toothpick - it should come out clean. Remove the bread from the pans, transfer to a wire rack, and let them cool on their sides.

DRIED BLUEBERRY, CRANBERRY OR APRICOT BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350degrees.
• grease bottom and 1in up the sides of TWO bread 7 1/2x3 1/2x2in bread pans; set aside.
• combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• in a medium mixing bowl, or food processor, combine eggs, bananas, sugar and butter. (I use I Can't Beleive It's Not Butter). Mix for 30 seconds.
• fold in nuts of your choice.
• spoon batter into prepared pans.
• bake at 350 for 40-45minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of bread comes clean.
• cool in pan on a wire rack for 10minutes. remove from pan. cool completely on a wire rack and enjoy.

FAVORITE BANANA BLUEBERRY QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• In a medium bowl, toss blueberries in 2 tablespoons flour. Gently stir blueberries together with oats, nuts, 1 1/2 cups flour, baking soda, and salt.
• In a large bowl, cream shortening. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in mashed banana. Add blueberry mixture to creamed mixture, and stir just until moistened. Spoon batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until a wooden toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center of the loaf, 50 to 55 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack.

BLUEBERRY CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Grease two standard size loaf pans.
• Mix cranberries, blueberries and granulated sugar together in saucepan, cooking over medium heat and stirring until sugar is dissloved.
• Remove from heat and set fruit aside to cool.
• Mix brown sugar and butter in mixing bowl and beat until blended. Add eggs and beat well.
• Stir in buttermilk.
• Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl and stir until well mixed.
• Add to butter mixture and stir until just blended.
• Stir in fruit and sugar mixture.
• Spoon batter into greased loaf pans.
• Bake for 1 hour and ten minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into center.
• Remove and cool.

BLUEBERRY BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 4 1/2x8 1/2-inch loaf pan.
• Stir and coat blueberries with 2 tablespoons cake flour in a bowl.
• Mix coated blueberries, oats, pecans, 1 1/2 cups plus 3 tablespoons cake flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, Greek yogurt, and applesauce together in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time; beat after each addition. Add vanilla extract and mashed banana; beat lightly until well blended.
• Stir blueberry-flour mixture into yogurt mixture until just moistened. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Cut butter into 1/4 cup brown sugar in a small bowl until crumbly; sprinkle over batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes; remove from pan and cool on wire rack for 1 hour.

APRICOT NUT BREAD

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, cook the apricots in water until soft; drain.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Generously grease and lightly flour two 7x3x2-inch loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt; mix well.
• Stir in butter, milk, orange juice, and egg; mix well.
• Fold in dried apricots, nuts, and orange peel.
• Spoon into prepared pans.
• Bake 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool on rack 15 minutes.
• Remove from pan.
• Cool completely.

CRANBERRY BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in bananas. Combine the flour, cracker crumbs, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in walnuts and cranberries. Pour into a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan., Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

APRICOT CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, orange zest, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a small bowl, beat egg, water and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the cranberries., Pour into a greased and floured 9x5-in. loaf pan. Cut apricots in the preserves into small pieces; spoon preserves over batter. Cut through batter with a knife to swirl. Bake at 350° for 65-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack.

APRICOT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Combine bananas and buttermilk. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with banana, beating well after each addition. Stir in bran, apricots and nuts. , Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

CRANBERRY BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, sift the first 4 ingredients; set aside.
• Mix the next 4 ingredients together in another bowl.
• Fold flour mixture with orange juice mixture, then stir in bananas, cranberries and nuts.
• Pour into 2 lightly greased loaf pans.
• Bake at 350° for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• *Note: I haven't made this bread in quite awhile and for some reason my recipe doesn't have the bake time written down, so I'm going by the bake time on a banana bread and a cranberry bread.
• I suggest checking at 30 minutes to be on the safe side.