Cheery Cherry Loaf

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 (6 ounce) jar red maraschino cherries
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, melted
• 1 (8 ounce) jar green maraschino cherries, drained and cut up
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 tablespoon orange zest

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350º f.
• 2 grease 9-in. x 5-in. x 3-in. loaf pan.
• 3 drain red cherries, chop and set aside.
• 4 reserve liquid from red cherries only.
• 5 add water, if needed, to this liquid to equal 1/3 cup.
• 6 set liquid aside.
• 7 drain green cherries, chop and set aside.
• 8 in a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
• 9 in a small bowl, lightly beat eggs.
• 10 add milk, butter and red cherry liquid to dry ingredients. mix just until combined.
• 11 fold in red and green cherries, pecans and orange peel.
• 12 pour into a greased loaf pan.
• 13 bake at 350° for 1 hour or until bread tests done.