Cherry Nut Bread Recipe

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Chopped pecans and maraschino cherries perk up this pound cake-like bread. The pretty slices are rich and moist with a crisp golden crust. This is my husband's favorite bread. -Melissa Gentner, Tecumseh, Michigan

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Cherry Nut Bread Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 50 min. + cooling

Yield: 64 Servings

25 50 75

Ingredients

2 cups butter, softened
3 cups sugar
5 eggs, separated
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
2 jars (10 ounces each) maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk just until blended (batter will be thick).
In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter. Fold in cherries and pecans.
Transfer to four greased and floured 8-in. x 4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean and loaves are golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Yield: 4 loaves (16 slices each).

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 slice) equals 148 calories, 8 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 32 mg cholesterol, 108 mg sodium, 19 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Cherry Nut Bread in Taste of Home December/January 2003, p39