This super moist quick bread is sweet, with flavors of pure almond extract, cream cheese and maraschino cherries.

Grey winter days call for making/BAKING your own sunshine!

This bread is just what days like that are begging for.

Heck — this bread is for any ‘ol day.  It’s THAT good.   I gave some to my dad, and he shared some with his friend.  Later that day I got a text saying it was the best bread she had ever eaten!

This recipe came out of an old church cookbook my grandmother gave me way back when.  I dig them out from time to time, because the recipes are ALWAYS good.  I mean, who wants to attach their name to a recipe in a cookbook purchased and read by people at your church that is bad?  Right, nobody.   You submit something to a church cookbook, and it’s your tried and true winning recipes.

Honestly, it was a wonder the bread actually had enough batter to be made at all.  Holy smokes, is it good!

It baked up so pretty, didn’t it?  Sidebar: I love these tea towels! (actually tea towels in general — it’s a bit of an addiction.) But these mean the world to me, because my Aunt embroidered them.  I have a whole set, all with different fruits on them.

Slice it up and serve it warm with a glass of cold milk and watch it disappear!

Yield: 10

Cherry Cheese Bread

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This super moist quick bread is sweet, with flavors of pure almond extract, cream cheese and maraschino cherries.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 2 sticks butter (1 cup), softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons pure almond extract
• 4 eggs
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup maraschino cherries , quartered

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a loaf pan. Set aside.

In your mixer, cream together cream cheese, butter, sugar, almond extract and eggs until fluffy.

Add flour and baking powder and mix until incorporated.

Fold in cherries.

Pour into prepared pan, and bake for 1 hour, or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

10

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 462 Total Fat: 23g Saturated Fat: 14g Trans Fat: 1g Unsaturated Fat: 8g Cholesterol: 132mg Sodium: 275mg Carbohydrates: 57g Fiber: 1g Sugar: 35g Protein: 6g

Nutrition isn't always accurate.

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Some of our other favorite breads:

Peasant Bread

Banana Applesauce Oatmeal Bread

Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread

If you make this recipe, I’d love to know! Snap a picture, share the photo on social media with the hashtag #AnAffairFromTheHeart – I’d love to see what you made! – Michaela