Maraschino Cherry Mini Loaves Recipes

MARASCHINO CHERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

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

FESTIVE MARASCHINO CHERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease and flour one 8-inch by 4-inch or two 6-inch by 3-inch mini loaf pans. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a large bowl with a wire whisk. Set the bowl aside.
• In a smaller bowl, beat the sugar and the eggs. Beat in the butter, milk, and vanilla until well mixed. Add the wet ingredients to dry. Only mix until moistened. Carefully, stir in nuts and cherries.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake the 8-inch pans for 55 to 60 minutes. Bake the mini pans for 45 minutes. Cool in pans on a cooling rack for five minutes.
• Remove the bread from the pans to finish cooling on the cooling racks.

MARASCHINO CHERRY LOAF

Steps:

• Put dry ingredients in bowl; beat in eggs, milk, juice and oil and flavoring. Beat until smooth.
• Stir in cherries (cut in half) and nuts.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour in a loaf pan.

MARASCHINO CHERRY QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour 4 mini loaf pans (6 x 3 x 2).
• Drain cherry syrup into measuring cup.
• Add enough milk to measure 1 cup.
• Set cherries aside.
• In a large bowl, on low speed, beat flour, brown sugar, cherry milk, butter, eggs, baking powder and salt for 2 minutes or until just blended.
• Stir in nuts and cherries.
• Pour evenly into loaf pans.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until pick in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on racks for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans and cool completely.
• Wrap in plastic wrap or foil and refrigerate overnight for best flavor and easier slicing.

MARASCHINO CHERRY MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• Drain cherries, reserving 1/4 cup juice; set aside. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk eggs and reserved juice; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the walnuts, chocolate chips, dates and cherries., Spoon into three greased 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans. Bake at 325° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to a wire rack to cool completely. Wrap and store for 24 hours before serving.

MARASCHINO CHERRY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the shortening and the white sugar together until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition. Add the flavoring.
• In another bowl, combine flour and baking powder together. Add these dry ingredients alternating with the milk to the creamed mixture. Stir 3/4 cup chopped cherries into the batter.
• Pour batter into a greased tube pan, and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 1/2 hours.
• To Make the Frosting: Cream together the cream cheese and the butter in a small mixing bowl. Gradually add the confectioners' sugar. Stir in the 1/4 cup cherries and coconut. Frost cake when cool.