Treat your family to this delicious bread loaf that's flavored with lemon and cardamom and filled with cherries - perfect for any holiday!
Dried Cherry-Cardamom Bread
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 3 hr 15 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup dried cherries, chopped
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 9x5- or 8x4-inch loaf pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix sugar and butter; beat until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Add buttermilk and eggs; blend well. (Mixture will appear curdled.)
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Step2In small bowl, mix remaining ingredients. Add to buttermilk mixture; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Pour batter into pan.
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Step3Bake 9x5-inch pan 50 to 65 minutes, 8x4-inch pan 55 to 75 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Loosen edges of bread; cool in pan on cooling rack 15 minutes. Remove bread from pan; place on cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 1/2 hours. Wrap tightly, and store in refrigerator.
Nutrition
190
Calories
7g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
29g
Total Carbohydrate
15g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Slice
- Calories
- 190
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 11%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 20%
- Cholesterol
- 45mg
- 15%
- Sodium
- 200mg
- 8%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 29g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 15g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 1 Fat;Recipe Tips
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