chocolate chip banana cherry bread
When my mom made this bread, she called it Fruit Bread, but I always thought that sounded like fruit cake! I changed the bread to its current title and I think it sounds a lot more fun! Once you have drained the maraschino cherries and chopped them up, place them on a paper towel to soak up the rest of the juice. This bread will serve around eight people if they all have a slice or it will feed fewer, if those eating it gobble up the whole thing!!
yield
4 -8
prep time
30 Min
cook time
1 Hr
method
Bake
Ingredients For chocolate chip banana cherry bread
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1/2 cbutter, softened
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1 cgranulated sugar
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2eggs
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2 call-purpose flour
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1 tspbaking soda
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1 1/2 cbananas, ripe and mashed
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1/2 cmaraschino cherries, drained and chopped
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1/2-3/4 cchocolate chips
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1/4 cwalnuts, chopped
How To Make chocolate chip banana cherry bread
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1Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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2In the bowl of your stand mixer using the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar.
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3Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
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4In a large bowl, sift the flour and soda.
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5Add the flour/soda to the creamed mixture, alternating with the mashed bananas. Add the mixture slowly so flour doesn't fly all over the place.
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6Add the cherries, chocolate chips and walnuts (optional on the nuts).
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7Grease and flour a loaf pan. (You will need at least 2 regular-sized loaf pans or more if you are using minis.)
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8Fill each loaf pan about three-quarters full.
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9Bake for one hour. If you have a hot oven, check the bread at about 75% of the way through. Insert a knife into the middle of the bread. If it comes out clean, the bread is done.
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10Optionally, you may frost the bread with a powdered sugar glaze, but I find the glaze makes the bread too sweet. If you do decide to glaze it, melt a little butter and add it to some powdered sugar and vanilla to make a thin consistency. Frost the bread while it's still warm.
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