Name: Maraschino Cherry Nut Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 14
Ingredients: White sugar - 1 cup; Solid vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®) - ¼ cup; Eggs - 2; Salt - 1 teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 1 ½ cups; Baking powder - 1 ½ teaspoons; Maraschino cherries, drained and juice reserved, divided - 1 (8 ounce) jar; Chopped pecans - ½ cup

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15 min.

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Ingredients for - Maraschino Cherry Nut Bread

1. White sugar - 1 cup

2. Solid vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®) - ¼ cup

3. Eggs - 2

4. Salt - 1 teaspoon

5. All-purpose flour - 1 ½ cups

6. Baking powder - 1 ½ teaspoons

7. Maraschino cherries, drained and juice reserved, divided - 1 (8 ounce) jar

8. Chopped pecans - ½ cup

How to cook deliciously - Maraschino Cherry Nut Bread

1. Stage

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

2. Stage

Combine sugar, shortening, eggs, and salt in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until well combined.

3. Stage

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.

4. Stage

Cut each cherry into 4 pieces; stir into batter with pecans. Spoon mixture into the prepared loaf pan.

5. Stage

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.