PHASE 2 - I got this on Whole Foods web site on their recipe page and am adapting it to SB eating. I have not tried it yet but it sounds like it would work! Just remember to have ONE small slice!

Cranberry Banana Oat Bread

Open the oven door and the aroma of this fresh-baked breakfast bread will have the entire house clamoring into the kitchen. Moist and dense in texture, the bread includes wholesome ingredients, such as oats and fresh banana, and is easy to prepare and very adaptable, accommodating your choice of chopped nuts or dried fruit in place of the cranberries. For a delicious alternative grain version, try our Cranberry Banana Quinoa Bread. Both are perfect to make ahead for a simple holiday morning breakfast or brunch.

Serves 9
1-1/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour
3/4 cup old fashioned slow cooking oats
1 TB baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1-1/4 cups ripe mashed banana pulp (about 3 bananas)
2 large eggs
1/3 cup non-hydrogenated, margarine, melted, cooled
1/2 cup granulated Splenda
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup walnuts or nuts of your choice
1/4 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
Ingredient Option: replace the margarine with canola oil, if desired.

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease an 8½ by 4½ by 2½-inch loaf pan with a small amount of margarine.

Combine the flour, oats, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Mix together with a whisk and set aside. Whisk the bananas, eggs and margarine together in a bowl. Add the sugar, cranberries, and lemon juice; mix until blended. Gently stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture until just combined. Do not over mix the batter.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake until lightly browned, 45 to 50 minutes. Allow the bread to cool completely in the pan, about 1 hour. Turn the bread out onto a cutting board and, using a serrated bread knife slice the bread into 3/4-inch thick pieces. Arrange on a platter and serve.

Oh my ,that sounds almost sinfully good:cloud: :joy:

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Sounds good. If you are able to find any dried cranberries that don't have added sugar please let me know, I've been looking for them for years!

You can dry your own in the oven. I think you are supposed to leave them on a tray with the oven light on only overnight. For Thanksgiving, I make cranberries with Splenda on the stove, so maybe you can do that first,then try to dry them? And some people dry fruit in those machines, oh I forgot the name of those. Humidifier? No that's not it. You know what I'm talking about though,I'm sure. Barb D. has one of those.

I thought my sister bought a bag of dried cranberries once. Oceanspray made them. I told her she wouldn't like them, but does she listen to me?

A dehydrator! That's it! :joy: I thought of the name .... finally.

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YES! That's what I was trying to think of. Oh thank you, thank you

Oh man,i have one of those!! Its out in the shed LOL. I couldnt think wht to do with it Jeesh

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Yea, I know I can dry my own, but I'd rather be able to just buy them! I have a dehydrator btw.