Maraschino Cherry Nut Bread

This simple maraschino cherry nut bread recipe combines pecans with sweet maraschino cherries and makes either one regular size loaf or three mini loaves.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 191 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 (8 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained and juice reserved, divided
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 cup chopped pecans
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.25 cup solid vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.

Step 2

Beat sugar, shortening, eggs, and salt together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well combined.

Step 3

Whisk flour and baking powder together in a medium bowl; add to shortening mixture in 2 or 3 additions, alternating with maraschino cherry juice, mixing well after each addition.

Step 4

Cut each cherry into 4 pieces; stir into batter with pecans. Spoon batter into the prepared loaf pan.

Step 5

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; cool completely.