Nona’s Cherry Bread

Serves 8

Ingredients

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  • 8 ounce Cream cheese
  • 1½ cup Sugar
  • 2 stick Butter
  • 1½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon Baking powder
  • 4 large Egg
  • 2 cup Flour
  • 10 ounce Maraschino cherries (chopped)
  • ½ cup Walnuts (broken (optional))

Instructions

  1. Soften the cream cheese and butter and then blend together with sugar, vanilla and baking powder.
  2. Fold in eggs one at a time and then add the flour.
  3. Add cherries. The nuts for this recipe are optional, if you use them add them now.
  4. This easily makes 2 loafs in a standard size loaf pan or you can use a larger bundt pan.
  5. Bake at 325º for 1 hour - 1 hr. and 15 minutes.

Tips

Make sure all dairy ingredients are well-chilled for best results. Always preheat your oven and check for doneness a few minutes before the suggested baking time.

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