Sweet Soft Cherry Bread
If you love the maraschino-almond extract combination as much as we do, this Sweet Soft Cherry Bread is for you! So yummy with a cup of coffee any time of the day.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 loaf 1x
- Category: Bread
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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Bread
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 small jars maraschino cherries
Icing
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons melted butter
1/3 cup maraschino cherry juice
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Instructions
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a loaf pan.
Bread
- In a bowl, mix the sugar, milk, oil and egg.
- In another bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
- Drain the maraschino cherries, reserving the juice.
- Chop the cherries in a food processor or with a knife.
- Gently fold the cherries into the dough mixture.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 55 minutes.
Icing
- In a bowl, combine the confectioners’ sugar, melted butter, cherry juice and almond extract.
- Spread the icing on top of the bread.
Find it online: https://simplygreatrecipes.com/sweet-soft-cherry-bread/