Cherry Bread

Ingredients

½ cup vegetable oil

½ cup sour cream

½ tsp salt

½ cup milk

¾ cup granulated sugar

1 tsp almond extract

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 large eggs

¼ cup maraschino cherry juice, from the jar

½ tsp salt

1 ½ tsp baking powder

2 cups flour

Glaze:

1 cup Powdered Sugar

2 ½ tbsp heavy cream

½ tsp almond extract

Maraschino juice

Preheat the oven to 350*

In a large mixing bowl, combine the sugar, almond extract, vanilla, vegetable oil, milk and cherry juice. Add in the eggs and sour cream

Whisk to combine well

In a separate bowl combine the flour, salt, and the baking powder.

Drain the cherries but save the juice.

Roughly chop the cherries into pieces

Sprinkle some of the flour over the cherries and toss to combine

Stir the remaining flour mixture into the milk and egg mix

Stir until ingredients are just wet, there will be some lumps and lines of flour

Gently fold the cherries into the batter and distribute evenly without overmixing

Pour the batter into a greased or lined loaf pan

Bake for 55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center

Mix the ingredients for the glaze and drizzle over the bread. Allow the glaze to dry, this will take about 30 minutes.

Enjoy!