Cherry-Nut Bread (this is a beautiful holiday bread)

[rtebalt]

Cherry-Nut Bread (this is a beautiful holiday bread)
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1 cup butter milk
• 1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup maraschino cherries, chopped and drained
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom only of loaf pan. Beat all ingredients except maraschino cherries in large bowl on low speed 15 seconds. Beat on medium speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Stir in maraschino cherries. Pour into pan. Bake 70 to 75 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean. Immediately loosen sides of loaf from pan; remove from pan. Cool complete on wire rack before slicing. Garnish top of loaf with maraschino cherries and sliced green candied pineapple if desired. For best results, wrap refrigerate at least 8 hours before slicing.

[cnique26]

What kind of taste does this have, sweet, strong, fruitcakish, or even kind of like banana nut bread but a cherry taste instead? Thanks, Crystal

[rtebalt]

Actually, I haven’t made this yet. I found it while looking for recipes to make at Christmas, so I thought I’d share them with the group. Sorry.

[faxonfive]

The ingredients look like this woudl be very colorful for Christmas too…YUM!!

[JoAnn]

rtebalt, When I was growing up, when we made certain breads or fruitcakes for the holidays, we would bake these in cans. With the lenght of time on this recipe that’s what reminded me of this.

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