Cherry Nut Bread

This just seemed like a good choice for Valentine's Day. The recipe is from a classmate from grade school.

Just delicious, and the aroma in the kitchen was intoxicating!

I made 1/2 of this recipe to make one loaf.

Cherry Nut Bread

Ingredients-

1  8-oz cream cheese

2  sticks softened butter 

1  1/2 cups sugar

1  1/2 tsp vanilla

4  eggs

2  1/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted

1  1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1  small jar of maraschino cherries quartered (reserve 1 tbsp liquid)

1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Method-

Cream butter, sugar, cream cheese.

Add the eggs one at a time and beat for 2 minutes before adding the next egg

Add the vanilla.  

Add the flour, salt, and baking powder.

Fold in nuts and cherries last, with 1 tbsp of cherry juice.

Grease and flour pan.

This recipe works well in a bundt pan, loaf pan, or 3 small loaf pans.

Bake at 325 degrees for 50 - 60 minutes depending on what size pan.

I used 2 small loaf pans, They baked for 55 min at 325 degrees.

This recipe should be completely cooled before cutting it.