Bread Recipes
Cherry Nut Bread with Almond Butter
Ingredients
Bread
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained, reserve juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
Almond Butter
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped almonds
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Instructions
- Grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Bread
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until well blended.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Measure cherry juice, adding water, if necessary, to equal 1/2 cup.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with cherry juice and vanilla extract to creamed mixture, blend well.
- Cut cherries in half and stir into the batter.
- Stir in nuts.
- Pour batter into pan and bake for 1 hour or until done.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes.
Almond Butter
- Blend all ingredients in a small bowl and pour on top of Cherry Nut Bread.