Recipe needed: Bananas, cranberry sauce

16 years ago

I've got about 2 cups of cranberry sauce and 4 very ripe bananas that "need using"!

I'd love to make a low fat, low cal, healthier muffin.

Anyone have a recipe?

Whole wheat flour and/or oats are a bonus too!

I've got honey, molasses, agave and Splenda options in addition to regular white and brown sugar.

Let's get creative!

Deanna

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Ideefixe
16 years ago
I don't think I'd try to mix the two in the same recipe. I'd bake the bananas with a tiny bit of butter, brown sugar and cinnamon.
millymoo
16 years ago
What about a bread pudding to use up the cranberry sauce?

I wouldn't bother with the banana in that as the cranberry would overpower it. Make up your egg custard then pour it over chunky stale-ish bread, then swirl some of the cranberry sauce into it-throw in a few walnuts or pecans for crunch and then bake.
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dgkritch
Original Author
16 years ago
I really need to make some muffins for the freezer.
I certainly don't have to combine them! I'm willing to make 2 kinds. I'm not as concerned with the banana flavor as the nutirent value and using them up rather than wasting them. That's why I thought maybe combining would be OK.

I should have been clearer to start, sorry.

Deanna
annie1992
16 years ago
Well, Deanna, if you really want to use them both I'd make banana muffins and put a spoonful of cranberry sauce in the middle of each one. Don't send any to me, OK?

The bananas are easy enough, there are a load of banana bread/banana cake/banana bran muffin recipes.

The cranberry sauce is a big tougher. I'd either try something like a pumpkin or banana type muffin recipe and sub the cranberry sauce for the pumpkin or banana, maybe add dried cranberries, OR I'd stick with the original thought and use it in the middle of the muffins instead of jam.

Annie
caliloo
16 years ago
I've made this one a few times, and though I like the full fat version with chocolate chips better, this is not a bad healthy alternative!

Banana Bread Lite

2 cups flour
Â½ cup whole wheat flour
Â¼ cupd ground flax seed
1 cup brown sugar (or brown sugar splenda)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
Â½ tsp salt
3 egg whites
2 tbsp butter
1 cup plain yogurt (lo fat preferred)
1 tsp vailla
Â½ cup walnuts

Mash bananas and mix in all other wet ingredients. Mix dry ingredients and add to wet ingredients. Add chopped nuts. Put in PAM sprayed 9 x 5 loaf pan. Bake at 325 for 1 hr 20 min.
jessicavanderhoff
16 years ago
I like this one:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1725,157184-255206,00.html

(You're not a hi-maize person, are you?)

I'd probably double the recipe and substitute half the yogurt for mashed banana. You could probably add extra banana if you added some oats to soak it up.

Recipe needed: Bananas, cranberry sauce

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