Cherry Friendship Bread

Name: Cherry Friendship Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6-8 slices, 6-8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups amish starter (see Easy Friendship Bread (Amish Bread) Starter ); 1 1/2 cups flour; 2 cups sugar; 1/2 cup orange juice; 3 eggs; 1 cup oil (or 1/2 cup oil, 1/2 cup applesauce); 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon almond extract; 2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 cup dried cherries

Submitted by RedheadAblaze

"If you're tired of eating the same bread every 10 days, try this one!"

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Ready In:: 1hr 15mins
Ingredients:: 10
Yields:: 6-8 slices
Serves:: 6-8

ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ cups amish starter (see Easy Friendship Bread (Amish Bread) Starter)
1 ¹⁄₂ cups flour
2 cups sugar
¹⁄₂ cup orange juice
3 eggs
1 cup oil (or 1/2 cup oil, 1/2 cup applesauce)
¹⁄₂ teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₂ teaspoon almond extract
2 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons cinnamon
1 cup dried cherries

directions

Preheat the oven to 325’.
To the batter add 3 eggs, 1-1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 cup oil (or ½ oil & ½ applesauce), ½ tsp baking soda, ½ cup orange juice, ½ tsp almond extract, 1 cup sugar, 2 cups flour, ½ tsp salt, 1 large box vanilla instant pudding, 2 tsp cinnamon, 1 cup cherries.
Note: It is easier to mix if you combine the dry ingredients (except for sugar and pudding) in another bowl then add it slowly to the batter.
Grease bottom and sides of 2 large loaf pans or spray with Pam. Mix ½ cup sugar and 1-1/2 tsp cinnamon in a small bowl. Dust the insides of each of the pans with half of the mixture, making sure to cover the bottom and sides well.
Pour batter evenly into the 2 pans and sprinkle with remaining sugar mixture over top of the batter.
Bake for approximately 1 hour (until toothpick comes out clean.) Cool until the bread loosens from the pan easily. Turn onto serving dish. May be served warm or cold. Enjoy.

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Reviews

great bread. i was thinking of trying cranberries instead of cherries next time.

macera44
Very, very nice tasting bread, & well worth the effort in making your recipe #321840 10 days ago! Easy to prepare & I appreciated the combo of cherries & orange flavor here ~ I did include a rounded teaspoon of orange zest along with the OJ! Was going to freeze the 2nd loaf as suggested, but then used it as a gift for a friend who's been most helpful in obtaining some hard-to-find ingredients over the last 6 months! A keeper of a recipe! [Tagged, made & reviewed in Newest Zaar Tag cooking game]

Sydney Mike