cherry bread
Easy to prepare and simply delicious. Serve as is, or serve with ice cream and drizzle some leftover glaze over the ice cream.
prep time
10 Min
cook time
50 Min
method
Bake
yield
1 loaf
Ingredients
- FOR THE BREAD
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 jars maraschino cherries, 10 oz jars
- FOR THE GLAZE
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/3 cup maraschino cherry juice
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
How To Make cherry bread
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Step 1Preheat your oven to 180 C (350 F), lightly grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan with butter or non stick spray.
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Step 2Drain the cherries and reserve 1/3 cup of the juice for use in the glaze. Coarsely chop the cherries or slice into quarters.
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Step 3In a mixing bowl, add the sugar, milk, oil, egg, and almond extract and mix together, then add the flour, baking powder, and salt and mix together to make the batter.
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Step 4Add the cherries and fold into the batter.
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Step 5Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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Step 6Remove from the oven and place on a rack to cool for 10 minutes.
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Step 7Use a butter knife and go around the sides and turn out the loaf and place on a plate to cool completely.
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Step 8Once the bread has cooled to room temperature, mix the glaze ingredients, and drizzle over the top.
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Step 9Slice and enjoy.
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