Description
With both cherries and cherry juice in this bread, the flavor is amazing.
Ingredients
- 3 eggs, beaten
- ½ cup vegetable shortening
- ½ cup milk
- ¼ cup cherry juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 cup maraschino cherries
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Whisk together the eggs
- shortening
- milk
- cherry juice
- and vanilla extract in a bowl until evenly blended; set aside. Stir together the flour
- sugar
- baking powder
- and salt in a separate large bowl; make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Pour the cherry juice mixture into the well and stir just until combined. Fold in the cherries. Pour the batter into a loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the top springs back when lightly pressed
- about 1 hour. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack before cutting to serve.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 12