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Chocolate Cherry Bread

Source of Recipe


Gail Alter






List of Ingredients



• 2/3 cup dried cherries
  
• 1 cup sugar
  
• 6 Tbsp butter, softened
  
• 2 eggs
  
• 1/2 cup fat-free sour cream
  
• 1 large, very ripe banana, mashed
  
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
  
• 1-1/2 cups flour
  
• 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  
• 1 tsp baking powder
  
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
  
• 1/4 tsp salt
  
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  






Instructions



1. Soak dried cherries in hot water for 15 minutes. Drain thoroughly and set aside.
   
   
2. In a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat sugar and butter on high speed until creamy, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed to medium and add eggs, one at a time; beat until smooth. Beat in sour cream, banana and vanilla until well blended, about 1 minute. In another bowl, mix together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Reduce speed to low, and add flour mixture to banana mixture just until combined. Fold in nuts and reserved cherries.
   
   
3. Pour into a greased 9- x 5-inch loaf pan and bake in a preheated 350° F oven for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.
   
   Makes 12 servings.