Cherry-Almond Bread with Amaretto Glaze

Name: Cherry-Almond Bread with Amaretto Glaze
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons almond extract; 237 milliliters chopped almonds; 6 Tbsps Amaretto; 1 Tbsp baking powder; 355 milliliters halved dried cherries; 4 eggs; 946 milliliters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters milk; 473 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sour cream; 355 milliliters sugar; 355 milliliters unsalted butter, softened, plus more for buttering pan

Cherry-Almond Bread with Amaretto Glaze might be just the bread you are searching for. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 743 calories, 11g of protein, and 35g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 12. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. A mixture of salt, eggs, amaretto, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 33

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Oven

Butter two 6-cup-capacity loaf pans (or, if making the mini loaves, butter six 2-cup-capacity pans).

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Butter

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Loaf Pan

With an electric or standing mixer on medium speed, cream butter and sugar together in a large bowl until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.

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Butter

Cream

Sugar

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Blender

Bowl

Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each.

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Egg

Add milk, sour cream, and vanilla; mix until blended.

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Sour Cream

Vanilla

Milk

In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Add flour mixture, cherries, and almonds to wet ingredients and mix just until dry ingredients are absorbed; do not overmix.

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Cherries

Almonds

All Purpose Flour

Pour batter into prepared loaf pans.

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Bake until a toothpick inserted in centers of breads comes out clean, 70 to 75 minutes for large loaves and 60 minutes for mini loaves.

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Oven

Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together powdered sugar and 6 tbsp. Amaretto. Glaze should have consistency of thick maple syrup or corn syrup. If it is too thick, thin with an additional tbsp. of Amaretto.

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Powdered Sugar

Maple Syrup

Corn Syrup

Amaretto Liqueur

Glaze

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Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove and transfer to a cooling rack set over a large baking sheet. With a thin skewer or long toothpick, poke deep holes in tops of loaves.

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