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Cranberry-Orange Pumpkin-Spice Banana Bread

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TIP: To ripen bananas quickly, put unpeeled bananas on baking sheet and bake at 350° 15 to 20 minutes or until skins have blackened. Slice skins open and scoop out banana.

Ingredients

For the banana bread

3 large ripe bananas*, mashed, (about 1-1/2 cups)
1 cup I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread
3/4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup dried cranberries
1 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice**
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt

For the orange glaze

1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
1 tablespoon I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon grated orange peel

Preparation

  1. For the banana bread

    Step 1

    Preheat oven to 350°. Brush 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with additional I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread; set aside.

    Step 2

    Combine mashed banana, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl with wooden spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients except Glaze until blended. Spoon into prepared pan. Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes on wire rack; remove from pan and cool completely.

    Step 3

    **Pumpkin pie spice is sold in jars in the supermarket. You can create your own by combining 2 tsp. ground cinnamon, 1 tsp. ground ginger, 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg or allspice and 1/4 tsp. ground cloves.

  2. For the orange glaze

    Step 4

    To make Glaze, combine confectioners sugar, melted Spread, vanilla, orange peel and 3 to 4 teaspoons warm water in small bowl. Drizzle over cooled banana bread.

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