Quick Cherry Bread with Almonds
This easy cherry bread recipe made with juicy sweet fresh cherries makes the perfect quick bread for baking! It's lightly sweet with a nice crunch from sliced almonds.
Servings: 10 servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 cup sugar
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- ⅔ cup canola oil
- ½ cup melted butter
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup milk I used vanilla nonfat almond milk
- ½ cup sour cream or plain yogurt
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 1 ½ cup fresh cherries, chopped
- ¾ cup sliced almonds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare loaf pan, brush with melted butter or pan spray.
- In small bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- In a larger bowl, combine oil, butter, almond extract, egg, milk, yogurt and vanilla.
- Combine to the dry and wet ingredients, mixing only until combined. Be careful not to over mix. Add chopped cherries and slices almonds. Fold carefully.
- Pour into prepared pan and move to the hot oven.
- Bake for 65 minutes and remove from the oven.
- I like to let mine cool for at least 10 minutes in the pan before gently removing.
- You can eat it hot, but I prefer to let it cool at least 30 minutes before serving!
Notes
Let it cool before slicing. It's easier to slice since it's less likely to crumble.
Mix the cherries with the flour first to prevent them from bleeding so much.
To prevent overbaking, slightly undercook your bread since it will continue cooking once it's removed from the oven.