Maraschino Cherry Nut Bread

4.7 – 5 reviews • Fruit Bread Recipes

I obtained the recipe for this maraschino cherry nut bread from my mother-in-law. It’s easy, tasty, lovely to give as a present, and freezes nicely.

Ingredients

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
Combine sugar, shortening, eggs, and salt in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until well combined.
Mix flour and baking powder together in a medium bowl. Add flour mixture to shortening mixture in 2 or 3 batches, alternating with maraschino cherry juice, mixing batter well after each addition.
Cut each cherry into 4 pieces; stir into batter with pecans. Spoon mixture into the prepared loaf pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen and invert loaf onto a wire rack. Let cool completely.
Use three 1/4×5 3/4-inch loaf pans to make 3 mini loaves, if desired. Reduce cooking time for smaller loaf pans.

Melissa Velez

I have made this exact same recipe since I was in my 20’s. I’m now 72.

John Jones

I tried it with applesauce instead of the crisco. It was a bit dry. I tried again and followed the recipe exactly, and it was great!

Joseph Valentine

So good! I’m allergic to nuts so I substituted in chocolate chips. Oh, so delicious!

Christopher Johnson

Made it as written and we’ll make it good it’s amazing…did use Walnut instead of almond because I didn’t have any, I also added a cherry glaze

William Moreno

Even better with slivered almonds