Cranberry Bread with POM Juice

Here it is Sunday night and the end of a long weekend of relaxing and family time. After doing the food shopping and a couple of errands in the cold rain today, I spent the rest of the afternoon in the kitchen. It was time to make a batch of soup for the freezer and do a bit of playing around.

I had an opened bag of fresh cranberries hanging around, and since there were no bananas for My Oldest's favorite bread I got creative. Using my recipe for Orange-y Banana Bread, I made a few substitutions based on flavors I thought would work well together. Instead of orange juice, I added POM juice. Since there were no bananas ready for baking, a cup and a half of cranberries were added. I'm still tinkering with the exact measurements.

It turned out nice and moist and very tasty. My Oldest loved it, so I made sure to save a slice for him to take to school for his morning snack tomorrow. The bread didn't rise as high as I would have liked, so some further adjustments are needed before I'll have an actual recipe to share. I also would have liked the POM juice to be a bit more pronouced than it was. I've got quite a few more bags of cranberries in my freezer, so I've got plenty to play with as I get this recipe perfected.

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