Favorite Cherry Dessert Bread

It’s summer and that means you need to take full advantage of all of the fresh dark, sweet cherries available right now. Yes, they are super delicious as is but if you want to take them to next level kind of good then you need to get your hands on this Cherry Dessert Bread!!

Homemade bread of any sort is always amazing but my family and I have become somewhat obsessed with this cherry bread lately. And by obsessed I mean when the loaves are gone, my husband starts asking when I’m going to be making more. It’s truly amazing!

I’m calling this cherry dessert bread as a hint that it’s not meant to be eaten at every meal or in place of every meal like my husband thinks it should be! Haha!

However, if you have new neighbors moving in nearby or family that you want to bake something for then this cherry bread will be just the thing to say welcome to the neighborhood or I love you mom and dad!

Here is a list of some of my favorite brunch must-haves:

1. This cherry dessert bread, duh! 🙂
2. Strawberry rhubarb muffins. I can’t go even a couple weeks without making something with rhubarb in it and these muffins are the perfect thing!
3. Zucchini fritters. I am actually more of a savory brunch eater myself so these fritters are very much up my alley! If you have never made fritters before you will be pleasantly surprised at how easy they are to make!
4. Blackberry + Cream Cheese Toast. I love when blackberry season comes around and this is a quick and easy go to breakfast on any day of the week!

Favorite Cherry Dessert Bread

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Course Breakfast/Brunch, Dessert

Servings 2 loaves

Ingredients

  

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 1/4 cups canola oil
• 4 eggs
• 4 cups dark, sweet cherries pitted and roughly chopped

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350℉. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans and set aside
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar, oil, and eggs until well combined. Pour wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients. Stir until just combined. Add chopped cherries and stir until evenly mixed.
• Add batter to prepared loaf pans and bake for about an hour or until toothpick inserted into bread comes out clean. Let sit until cool before removing from pans, about 30 minutes.

Notes

Recipe lightly adapted from Saveur The New Classics Cookbook.