Breads

Cherry Almond Quick Bread

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You just need to know one thing to know how truly delicious this quick bread is: My husband ate THE ENTIRE LOAF in one day. Yes, all by himself. He just kept eating a slice here and a slice there and, well . . . it was gone. I wanted to make him a treat and he requested banana bread. I refused. B-O-R-I-N-G, said I. “Ok, then make a tastier bread,” he responded. So what I had in my pantry was dried cherries and almonds. And an orange that was getting hard. So. Why make plain old boring banana b

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1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup cake flour
1/2 cup sugar (or other desired sweetener)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped dried cherries
3/4 cup sweetened almond milk
2 large eggs
6 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 teaspoons orange zest
1/4 cup sliced almonds
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly oil a loaf pan. Mix dry ingredients and then toss the dried cherries in the dry ingredients. Stir together the milk, eggs, butter, almond extract and orange zest. Mix...
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Nutritions

Calories
266

Sodium
208mg
8% DV

Fat
9g
15% DV

Protein
4g
9% DV

Carbs
40g
13% DV

Fiber
1g
7% DV