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chocolate chip banana cherry bread

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Recipe by
Suzanne Larsen
@AzieDoozie
Ankeny, IA

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

  • 1/2 c
    butter, softened
  • 1 c
    granulated sugar
  • 2
    eggs
  • 2 c
    all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1 1/2 c
    bananas, ripe and mashed
  • 1/2 c
    maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
  • 1/2-3/4 c
    chocolate chips
  • 1/4 c
    walnuts, chopped

How To Make chocolate chip banana cherry bread

  • 1
    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • 2
    In the bowl of your stand mixer using the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar.
  • 3
    Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • 4
    In a large bowl, sift the flour and soda.
  • 5
    Add 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.
  • 6
    Add the cherries, chocolate chips and walnuts (optional on the nuts).
  • 7
    Grease and flour a loaf pan. (You will need at least 2 regular-sized loaf pans or more if you are using minis.)
  • 8
    Fill each loaf pan about three-quarters full.
  • 9
    Bake 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.
  • 10
    Optionally, 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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