Prep Time : 01h 05
Cooking Time : 00h 00
Servings Number : 10 - 14 people
A delicious pumpkin bread with coffee or as a wholesome dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Chukar® Tart Cherries Lightly Sweetened
- Orange juice, for soaking cherries
- 3 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- 15 ounces (1 can) pumpkin purée
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Method
- Pre-heat oven to 350° F.
- Place Chukar® Tart Cherries in a bowl and pour orange juice over the top. Allow the cherries to plump for about 15 minutes before draining.
- Meanwhile, beat together the sugar, butter, oil, and eggs. Mix well.
- Add pumpkin purée and vanilla. Mix.
- Add dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon) to the pumpkin mixture.
- Gently fold in drained tart cherries and chopped nuts (if desired).
- Pour into two greased full-size loaf pans.
- Bake for 60 minutes until tops are firm and bread is golden brown.