Old Fashion Cherry Nut Bread Recipes

CHERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk just until blended (batter will be thick). , In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter. Fold in cherries and pecans., Transfer to four greased and floured 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and loaves are golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

FESTIVE MARASCHINO CHERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease and flour one 8-inch by 4-inch or two 6-inch by 3-inch mini loaf pans. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a large bowl with a wire whisk. Set the bowl aside.
• In a smaller bowl, beat the sugar and the eggs. Beat in the butter, milk, and vanilla until well mixed. Add the wet ingredients to dry. Only mix until moistened. Carefully, stir in nuts and cherries.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake the 8-inch pans for 55 to 60 minutes. Bake the mini pans for 45 minutes. Cool in pans on a cooling rack for five minutes.
• Remove the bread from the pans to finish cooling on the cooling racks.

MARASCHINO CHERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Combine sugar, shortening, eggs, and salt in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until well combined.
• Mix flour and baking powder together in a medium bowl. Add flour mixture to shortening mixture in 2 or 3 batches, alternating with maraschino cherry juice, mixing batter well after each addition.
• Cut each cherry into 4 pieces; stir into batter with pecans. Spoon mixture into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen and invert loaf onto a wire rack. Let cool completely.

CHERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease an 8"x4" loaf pan, set aside.
• 2. Beat brown sugar and butter with a mixer until light and creamy. Beat in the egg.
• 3. In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• 4. Pour the juice from the cherries into a measuring cup, then add milk to make 1 cup.
• 5. Alternately add the flour mixture and cherry milk to the brown sugar mixture. Stir just until the flour is incorporated. Do not over mix.
• 6. Coarsely chop the cherries and fold with nuts into the batter and pour into the prepared loaf pan.
• 7. Bake for 45-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on wire rack.

CHERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Sift dry ingredients together, add nuts.
• 2. Mix all liquids together, add cherries. Blend into dry ingredients just until moistened.
• 3. Bake in a 9 by 5 greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees about 60 minutes.

DRIED CHERRY AND WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• In large bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups of the flour, sugar and yeast. Add warm water and oil. Beat with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute, scraping bowl frequently. Beat on medium speed 1 minute, scraping bowl frequently.
• Stir in 1 3/4 cups of the remaining flour, walnuts, cherries, orange peel and salt using wooden spoon until dough pulls away from side of bowl and forms sticky ball. Place dough on lightly floured surface. Knead 2 to 3 minutes or until dough is smooth and springy, using enough of the remaining 1/2 cup flour as necessary to form into smooth ball.
• Grease large bowl with oil. Place dough in bowl, turning to grease all sides. Cover bowl loosely with plastic wrap; let rise in warm place 1 hour or until dough has doubled in size.
• Lightly grease large cookie sheet with shortening or cooking spray; sprinkle with cornmeal. Gently push fist into dough to deflate. Place dough on lightly floured surface. Gently shape into smooth ball by stretching surface of dough around to bottom on all sides; pinch bottom to seal. Place on cookie sheet. Cover dough loosely with plastic wrap sprayed with cooking spray; let rise in warm place 30 to 40 minutes or until doubled in size.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Brush top of loaf with milk. Using serrated knife, cut 3 (1/4-inch-deep) slashes across top of dough. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until loaf is deep golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 1 hour.