What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Time To Eat: Quick Cherry Nut Bread! The nice thing about “quick breads” is they require no extra time needed for allowing yeast to rise. The secret ingredients become the baking powder and eggs, which act as leavening agents. No kneading required. By adding fruit and nuts, the quick bread transforms itself into a breakfast delight along with muffins, scones, and biscuits. Keep the texture light by barely mixing the ingredients before baking. Small lumps are completely acceptable. As long as the oven temperature remains constant, the quick bread will rise just fine.
QUICK CHERRY NUT BREAD
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, room temperature
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup almonds, chopped
1 cup chopped maraschino cherries
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 325°. Grease and flour two loaf pans. Set aside. Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla extract. Mix flour and baking powder. Alternate adding flour mixture and milk with the butter mixture until all ingredients are added. Do not over beat. Fold in chopped almonds and maraschino cherries. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pans. Bake for one hour or until done. Cool 10 minutes before slicing.
Thank you so much, Gail, for this wonderful quick bread idea! I just love it!
Joanna
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The cherries make it amazing. 🍒🍃
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Yes, Gail, and your expertise!
Joanna
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Bless you, Joanna. 🌟✨💫
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Nice for holidays.
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Or for no occasion at all. 🍃🍹🥮
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This looks like dessert to me!
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Slather some cream cheese on it for good measure. 🍃🍒
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I love cherries and cherry cake or any sweets with cherries are making my mouth watery.
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Exactly. This is why we agree. 🍃🍒🥮
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😋💖
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Cherry? Why didn’t I ever think of this? Sounds perfect for the season!
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It’s pretty amazing. 🍃🍒🥮
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My cherry amor, pretty yummy bread that I adore, you’re the only bread my heart beats for, how I wish that you were mine!
Hat tip to Stevie Wonder for supplying me with the template for this comment.
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Kudos to Stevie! Yes, it’s decadent. 🍃🍒
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Lately, I have, had cherries on my mind ~ this looks so tasty!
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Submit. It’s worth it. 🍃🍒🥮
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Yummy, with almonds as an added delight!
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I do gravitate to almonds or pecans. Yumolicious.
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Definitely! I tend to do almonds, walnuts, cashews, and peanuts for Thai dishes.
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Yum-a-tum-tum. 💕
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😻
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