Taste of Home
Cherry Nut Bread
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 25 min. Bake: 50 min. + cooling
YIELD: 4 loaves (16 slices each).
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
Ingredients
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2 cups butter, softened
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3 cups sugar
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5 eggs, separated
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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5 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1 cup buttermilk
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2 jars (10 ounces each) maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
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1 cup chopped pecans
Directions
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1.
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).
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2.
In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter. Fold in cherries and pecans.
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3.
Transfer to four greased and floured 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and loaves are golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
Nutrition Facts
1 slice: 148 calories, 8g fat (4g saturated fat), 32mg cholesterol, 108mg sodium, 19g carbohydrate (11g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.
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