Quick Pineapple-cherry Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup candied cherry, halved
• 1 egg
• 1 (9 ounce) can crushed pineapple, in syrup
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil

Recipe

• 1 grease a loaf pan, 9 x 5 x 3.
• 2 sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a large bowl; stir in walnuts and cherries.
• 3 beat egg well in a medium-size bowl; stir in pineapple and syrup, milk and vegetable oil.
• 4 add all at once to flour mixture; stir just until evenly moist.
• 5 spoon into prepared pan; spread top even.
• 6 bake in a moderate over (350 degrees f) for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 7 cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes.
• 8 loosen around edges with a knife; turn out onto a rack.
• 9 cool completely.
• 10 wrap loaf in plastic wrap.
• 11 store overnight to mellow flavors.