Cherry Bread Recipes

A simple short bread with maraschino cherries in each bite. Don’t forget about the almond cherry glaze on pinnacle this easy cherry bread!

Maraschino Cherry Bread

So whilst this pinkalicious cherry bread popped into my thoughts, I knew I needed to make it now.  sure, it would had been fantastic at Christmas time, because maraschino cherries pop up all over the vicinity at the vacation season.  And it would had been so fitting for a Valentine’s Day treat, being so pink-y!  however I decided to stay with our purple subject this past month and proportion this with you now. No ready important!

Cherry Bread Recipes

Quick Bread Recipe

This quick bread is your conventional brief bread recipe.  Sugar, milk, oil, egg, flour, salt and baking powder.  I desired there to be plenty of cherries in every chew, so I used two jars of maraschino cherries. Drain the juice, however reserve approximately 1/3 cup of the juice for the glaze.  Chop the cherries either in a small meals processor or with a knife.  We used our Ninja explicit Chop for this. It labored like a appeal and took approximately a total of 3 seconds. gently fold these cherries into the batter and bake the bread in a nine×5 loaf pan for 50-fifty five mins.

Cherry Glaze

The glaze on pinnacle of the bread is a combination of powdered sugar, melted butter, the cherry juice you reserved from the maraschino cherries and a few almond extract.  The bread is good without the glaze, but the almond cherry glaze makes it over-the-pinnacle splendid!

INGREDIENTS:

• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or almond extract)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 jars maraschino cherries (10 ounces each)

Glaze:

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1/3 cup maraschino cherry juice
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, milk, oil, egg and vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until just combined.
3. Drain the maraschino cherries, reserving the juice for the glaze. Coarsely chop the cherries in a food processor or with a knife. Gently fold the cherries into the batter.
4. Pour the bread batter into a greased 9"x5" bread pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes. A toothpick inserted in the center of the bread should come out clean. Allow the bread to cool for 10 minutes, then remove the bread to a wire rack to cool completely.
5. To make the glaze, combine the powdered sugar, melted butter, cherry juice and almond extract in a small bowl. Mix until it is smooth.
6. Once the bread is cool, spread the glaze on top of the bread. Slice and serve. Freezes well!

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