Cherry Bread

Still no spaces, ugh. For cherry bread, you need: 2 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 3 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt (I completely forgot to include this), 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1 cup chopped nuts (I used pecans and walnuts), 2 eggs, 1/4 cup oil, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 cup buttermilk (I used 2 percent milk, because I had some for something else I was making), 1/4 cup cherry juice, 1/2 cup marashino cherries. First heat the oven to 350 degrees and grease and flour a loaf pan. Mix all the ingredients except for the cherries together.

Thank god for this mixer. Then you fold in the cherries, and then pour into the loaf pan.

Recently my uncle told me a story about my dad always eating all of the marashino cherries they would have in the house. My grandmother (my dad's mom, not my grammy) said she always forgot they had gotten then, and just thought they were out. When they got a new jar, my dad would eat the entire thing right away. I ate a couple right out of the jar myself while baking this. It's in my genes.

Cook for an hour, and then remove from the pan immediately, and place on rack to cool.

The loaf should then be wrapped in foil and stored in the fridge. First I had a slice, and it was delicious. A fun, different option instead of banana bread. The only thing now is that I have all this cherry juice - I had to buy a giant container when I only needed a quarter cup. Better get some vodka. Next time - chicken and broccoli casserole!