Cheery cherry loaf
12 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jar maraschino cherries -- | |
| Red 6 oz | ||
| 2½ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 4 | teaspoons | Baking powder |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ⅔ | cup | Milk |
| ⅓ | cup | Butter or margarine -- |
| Melted | ||
| 1 | Jar maraschino cherries -- | |
| Green 8 oz | ||
| Drained and cut up | ||
| ½ | cup | Pecans -- chopped |
| 1 | tablespoon | Orange peel -- grated |
Directions
Drain red cherries, reserving liquid; add water, if needed to liquid to equal ⅓ cup. Cut up cherries; set cherries and liquid aside. In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a small bowl, lightly beat eggs. add milk butter and cherry liquid; stir into dry ingredients just until combined. Fold in red and green cherries, pecans and orange peel. Pour into a greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. bake at 350 deg. for 1 hr. or until bread tests done. Yield: l loaf.
Recipe By : Taste Of Home