Tart Cherry Almond Bread Recipes

CHERRY-ALMOND STREUSEL TART

Steps:

• Press pastry onto the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 9-in. fluted tart pan with removable bottom; trim edges., In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt. Stir in cherries; bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in extract. Pour into crust., For topping, combine the oats, flour, brown sugar and almonds. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over filling. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

CHERRY/ALMOND QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in extract. Combine dry ingredients; blend into creamed mixture alternately with the buttermilk. Stir in almonds and cherries. Pour into a greased and floured 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for about 70 minutes or until loaf tests done. Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.

TART CHERRY ALMOND BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a loaf pan. In bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In large bowl, beat together butter and 1 cup sugar. Add eggs and mix well. Stir in buttermilk and almond extract. Stir in flour mixture. Add cherries and stir into batter. Spread batter in prepared pan. Prepare topping by mixing sugar and sliced almonds in a small container. Sprinkle over top of batter. Bake for 70 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto cooling rack.

CHERRY ALMOND BREAD

Steps:

• Place all ingredient, except almonds, in the bread machine according to the manufacturer's directions. Select sweet bread setting; press Start.
• If your machine has a Fruit setting, add the almonds at the signal, or about 5 minutes before the kneading cycle has finished.

GLUTEN FREE CHERRY QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a 9 inch loaf pan with parchment and baking spray.
• If using frozen cherries, let them thaw in a strainer for ten minutes. Toss with one tablespoon of gluten free flour. Set aside.
• Mix the dry ingredients of gluten free flour, salt, baking powder and nutmeg. Set aside.
• Beat the sugar and the butter until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time. Add the vanilla and the milk.
• Gently fold the wet and dry ingredients together. Fold the cherries into the batter. Do not overmix.

SOUR CHERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 and line muffin pan(s) with liners (the batter makes 18 muffins).
• In a bowl mix together buttermilk, water, canola oil and egg. Mix well.
• Next add the lemon zest, flour, sugar, and baking powder and stir until well incorporated.
• Lastly fold in the cherries and stir until just combined.
• Using a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop (or just using a spoon), scoop batter into muffins cups so that each muffin cup is about 3/4 full. Sprinkle a little sanding sugar on top of the muffin batter, and then bake for 25 minutes, or until a tooth pick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Let rest for a few minutes, and then transfer to a wire cooling wrack and allow to cool for 10 minutes before enjoying.

CHERRY ALMOND BREAD (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Add ingredients to the bread machine pan in the order suggested by the manufacturer.
• Use the basic/white bread cycle and the light or medium crust color setting.
• Remove bread from pan; cool on wire-rack.
• To toast almonds: Spread in a shallow baking pan large enough to accommodate a single layer.
• Bake the almonds at 350 F for 6 to 12 minutes or until golden brown; stir a couple of times and check often or they will burn.
• Cool before adding to your bread machine!

DRIED TART CHERRY AND ALMOND MUFFINS

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375°F. Butter ten 1/3-cup metal muffin cups. Bring juice to simmer in small saucepan. Remove from heat. Add cherries; let stand until softened, about 10 minutes.
• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat almond paste and melted butter in large bowl until well blended (mixture will still have some small pieces of almond paste). Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in cherry mixture and orange peel. Add flour mixture and mix just until blended.
• Divide batter among prepared muffin cups. Bake until tester inserted into center of muffins comes out clean but slightly moist to touch, about 20 minutes. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cool. Wrap muffins in foil and store at room temperature. Rewarm in foil in 350°F oven 5 minutes.) Serve warm.