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.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 25 mins |
| Servings: | 14 |
Ingredients
- 1 cup white sugar
- ¼ cup solid vegetable shortening
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 (8 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained and juice reserved, divided
- ½ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- 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.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 191 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 30 g |
| Cholesterol | 23 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 228 mg |
| Sugars | 15 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I have made this exact same recipe since I was in my 20’s. I’m now 72.
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!
So good! I’m allergic to nuts so I substituted in chocolate chips. Oh, so delicious!
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
Even better with slivered almonds