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Cherry almond bread is a great breakfast bread to prepare for the family. I enjoy eating bread that is cooked from scratch because I am aware of its components.
Let’s face it, bread nowadays is so expensive. Bread that used to be $2 and some change before is now almost $5. So what I have been doing and decided to do is start making my bread. This Cherry Almond breakfast bread is very delicious, and the combination of the flavors is just right.
Cherry Almond Breakfast Bread Ingredients
To make this cherry almond breakfast bread recipe, you will the following ingredients:
Bread Flour: If for some any reason you don’t have have any bread flour on hand. You’re welcome to substitute with whole wheat flour or all purpose flour.
Milk: You can use whatever milk you prefer, when I make bread I use the milk I have on hand already. either is whole milk or 2%. It works just fine and you get the same result.
Yeast: One packet of active dry yeast is all you need to help you dough rise. However, to ensure that your dough rise properly, make sure that your yeast is still fresh and you follow the step by step instruction to properly prepare the yeast.
Cherries: You can use any cherry brand that you want if you don’t have any Maraschino. The maraschino cherries can be found on Amazon as well. But if you don’t have time to order you buy any cherries that is canned in any stores.
Cherry Juice: So since you already have the jar of cherries make sure that you save the juice because you will need it.
Almond Extract: The almond extract will add a great almond aroma to the bread.
Chopped Almond: Adding the chopped almond will give the bread a nice texture and more flavors.
Sugar: You can use white sugar or if you prefer using brown sugar that will work too.
Salt: Any salt will work, if you have regular salt or sea salt it’s perfect fine to use for this recipe.
Now if for some reason you cannot find the maraschino cherry brand in the store. You can also order them on Amazon, just click the link —->>>(Maraschino Cherry) and it will take you directly to the product.
Icing Ingredients
This Cherry Almond breakfast bread won’t be complete without the icing and garnish on the top. Adding the icing makes the bread even tasteful. Here’s what you need to for the icing:
Confectioner Sugar: I know we all have this in our pantry. Confectioner sugar is like the magic of cooking, at least that’s what I think.
Cherry Juice: The juice will give a nice color to the icing, to match the bread. It’s slightly different from the bread but still close enough.
Cherries: Few cherries just to garnish the bread.
Almond: Slice or Chopped almond to garnish the bread to give the finish look.
I don’t have bread maker
If you don’t have bread maker you can purchase one on Amazon. Although, this recipe requires bread maker, there’s another alternative way of cooking this bread; by using your oven. You will get the same result and it does not change how the bread taste at all.
How to make cherry almond breakfast bread
The recipe below provides comprehensive step-by-step instructions, but here are some additional pointers to remember when creating cherry almond breakfast bread:
Combine the cherries and milk in a bowl.
In a separate bowl combine the almond, and flour.
To the bread machine add the milk mixture, the butter, and almond extract.
Add the salt to the flour mixture.
Create a small well in the center of the flour and add the sugar and yeast.
Set bread maker to 1 ½ loaf setting.
Prepare icing and set aside while loaf cools. Decorate with icing, slivered almonds and maraschino cherries.
Perfect Gift
Another great thing about this cherry almond breakfast bread is, it will make a perfect gifts to your family and friend. You can easily put this inside a nice simple decorative or plain bread box to give to your family, friends or even co-workers.
So for instance if you enjoy baking and like to show off your skills. This bread would be perfect to make. Not only its super easy it’s also very delicious.
Making the Icing
To make the icing all you need is confectioner sugar, the cherry juice, cherries for garnish and few almond to garnished the bread once it’s finished baking.
Additional Item that you need or will need is the bread maker. However, if you don’t have bread maker you can also cook this bread using oven.
Recipe by Anna Course: Bread RecipeCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
15
minutes
Cooking time
4
minutes
Bread Ingredients
3 cups bread flour
¾ cup milk
1 tsp yeast
½ cup maraschino cherries
¼ cup maraschino cherry juice
¼ tsp almond extract
¼ cup slivered or chopped almonds
1 Tbsp sugar
¾ tsp salt
Icing Ingredients:
2 cups confectioners sugar
3-4 Tbsp maraschino cherry juice
¼ cup maraschino cherries for garnish
½ cup slivered almonds for garnish
Directions
Combine the cherries and milk in a bowl.
On a separate bowl combine the almond and flour.
Add milk, cherry juice, butter, and almond extract to bread machine insert.
Add salt to flour mixture and pour on top of milk mixture.
Create a small well in center of flour and add sugar and yeast.
Set bread maker to 1 ½ loaf setting.
Prepare icing and set aside while loaf cools. Decorate with icing, slivered almonds and maraschino cherries.
Serve warm with some coffee or hot chocolate. Enjoy.
Notes
You will need bread maker to make this bread but if you don’t have any bread maker; baking this in the oven will work as well.
So if you are using your oven to bake this bread make sure you combine all the wet ingredients togethers, and also combine the dry ingredients on a separate bow before putting them all together. Another thing always double check your yeast to ensure that it’s fresh and not expired. Follow the instruction in the packet on how to prepare your yeast.
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