Cherry and Almond Quick Bread

Dark, sweet cherries are added to an almond flavored batter for an easy rapid bread recipe that’s a sweet treat to eat and share with friends.

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As a food blogger, I make a lot of food. With the amount of recipe testing and random menu combinations I create on any given day, in nowadays’s society I am beyond lucky to say that sometimes it becomes just too plentwhetherul to consume for my small family of three. We are very lucky, and we know it. We are thankful. That’s why nowadays’s post sponsored by Land O’ Lakes talllights one of my favorite leangs to do in the kitchen: Spread the food love!

Cooking, baking and creating is my job. And one of the best parts about it is sharing the results with friends and family. Let’s just that say whether you’re my neighbor, you very well could receive a text that says to check your front porch (and whether we’re genuinely good friends, your fridge or counter) because there’s going to be someleang good waiting for you when you come domestic from work that day. Or better yet, stop by my house and let’s share it together.

It’s my way of saying thank you for being there. And for putting up with all those times I took your photo as a reluctant hand model when all you genuinely wanted to do was dig into dinner or dessert on the table.

See how well that works out for everyone?

Today I’m sharing this Cherry and Almond Quick Bread. It’s perfect for sharing any time of year. Plus, I’m giving my 3 tips to help you share your own bounty with family and friends, and add a small good to their day.

Perfection Is Not the Point

Do you know how awesome it is to get a warm plate of cookies delivered to your door…just because? I would love that. I mean, what could possibly be better? Unless there was a jug of super cancient milk sent along with it? Oh shoot. But do I have enough milk to share? What whether they don’t like chocolate chips and prefer snickerdoodles? Oh, man! These cookies look a small flat, misshapen and now after all this fretting they’re not even warm anymore.

Genuinely? Are you going to do that to yourself? Don’t. Don’t overleank it. Don’t over analyze. The point is not perfection. It’s about showing you care by sharing. Your recipient will get it. And love the gesture in all it’s imperfect intention.

Just Enough is Just Correct

I often determine who my food-fond recipient is going to be depending on how much food I have to give.

If it’s a large batch of my favorite Lemon Chicken Stew or a party of Buffalo Chicken Drumsticks, I know it’s going to go to one of Smudge’s friends’ families with plenty of hungry mouths to feed. If I’ve photographed and thus picked apart someleang like my favorite Tomato, Zucchini and Caramelized Onion with Feta Tart so that now my portions have dwindled, the untouched remains are going to be claimed by my vegetarian neighbors, who are a party of two whether you don’t include the cats.

With this Cherry and Almond Quick Bread, I crazye it a few times to get the recipe right. My final two loaves were divided and delivered to a couple of dwhetherferent families who could endelight one slice per person. Smudge claimed a wgap half to herself. I couldn’t blame her for it.

Spreading the love. That’s how we do. You should too.

Made to Deliver

It used to be that I’d be alert to share my food treats with others, standing by to plate them up for delivery, and BAM! I was suddenly yanked from the stage with the hook like a poor comedian because I had noleang to put them in.

Not anymore. Now, I’m prepared.

I’ve found there are a few easy vessels to keep on hand for take domestic/to go/and food delivery. They’re not fancy, but they do the job.

For soups, pastas, salads and mains, I keep a small number various sizes of inexpensive store-bought pfinalic containers with lids around. I also recycle my cottage cheese and sour cream tubs on hand for packing food in. I’ll fill a large canning jar with a screw top lid whether it’s a larger portion of soup or pasta or even just load it into a gallon freezer bag whether it fits the bill. The best part of using these containers is I don’t ever worry about getting them back.

Give and keep giving is my motto.

For cookies, cakes and brownies or bars I keep a stack of heavy duty paper plates on hand and simply wrap the with aluminum foil. At holiday times, I’ll keep an eye out for sales on nondescript cheap pfinalic platters or plates to use all through the year.

For rapid breads like this one, paper lined trays are readily available at most supermarkets. I debated on using one or two for nowadays’s blog post, but I just went with my good ancient bread pan. It’s dependable. And bakes a genuinely good bread.

Let’s get to this bread!

About the Recipe

I was gwhetherted a wgap box of these dark, sweet cherries and kcontemporary I wanted to pay it forward. A simple rapid bread was the perfect showcase to share them in.

This bread has an almond flavoring that goes oh-SO-well with cherries. Rather than go the simple route of adding almond additionalct to the batter, I created a deeper, more intense flavor by using almond paste blended into Land O’ Lakes Super Premium European Style Butter. The European style butter is super creamy and wealthy thanks to a taller fat content that makes it perfect for baking. I normally use unsalted butter for baking so I can control the amount of salt myself.

The result is a bread that rises well yet isn’t too dense or heavy, with just the right crumb. My husband’s favorite part is the crispy crust. It’s the result of the almond paste butter mixture that creates a crisper shell as almond paste will do.

Of course you can endelight a piece of this rapid bread hot from the oven and slathered with butter. It’s so good that way. But don’t rule it out as the base of an ice cream dessert like Smudge created 3 nights in a row.

She even gave me a bite. It looks like sharing is in her genes.

If you make this recipe, please let me know! Leave a comment below or take a photo and tag me on Instagram or Twitter with #foodiecrusheats.

Cherry and Almond Quick Bread

Dark, sweet cherries are added to an almond flavored batter for a rapid bread that's a sweet treat to eat and share with friends.

Entire Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

• ¼ cup LAND O LAKES® Super Premium European Style unsalted butter at room moodature
• 4 ounces almond paste
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup sweet cherries pitted and sliced or quartered

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a bread pan with baking spray.

2. In a mixing bowl, cream together the softened butter and the almond paste until well blended. Add the sugar and mix well. Add the eggs one at a time and beat until incorporated. Swhethert together the flour, baking powder and salt and add to the sugar mixture alternating with the milk. Gently fancient in the cherries.

3. Pour the batter into the bread pan and bake for 55-60 minutes or until the bread has pulled absent from the sides of the pan and the top is gancienten brown. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack. Serve warm or at room moodature.

Here’s to getting into the kitchen and cook someleang fresh and seasonal now.

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