pat's Recipe

Black Walnut Bread

Category: BREADS

Ingredients
1/2 C. shortening
2 eggs
4 tsp. baking powder
3/4 C. maraschino cherries
1 1/4 C. milk
3/4 C. sugar
3 C. flour
1 tsp. salt
1 C. walnuts
Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Dredge cherries and nuts in 1/4 C. of flour mixture. Add balance of flour and milk alternately to creamed mixture. Stir in cherries and nuts. Turn into a greased 5.5x9.5-inch loaf pan. Bake in oven for about 1 hour.


makes 1 loaf