Christmas Eggnog Cherry Bread with Eggnog Glaze

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Ingredients

Ingredients

1-1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1-1/2 cup prepared eggnog
3 cups flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup chopped glaceed cherries

Eggnog Glaze

1/3 cup sifted powdered sugar
1 dash cinnamon
1 dash nutmeg
1 tbsp. prepared eggnog

Instructions

Beat together first 4 ingredients until blended. Combine and add the next 6 ingredients and stir until dry ingredients are just moistened. Do not overmix.

Divide batter between 5 greased and lightly floured mini-loaf foil pans (6x3x2 inches) and bake in a 325 F. oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until a cake tester, inserted in center, comes out clean.

Allow to cool for 15 minutes and then remove from pans and continue cooling on a rack. when cool, drizzle tops with Eggnog glaze and allow a little to drip down the sides. Yields 5 mini-loaves

EGGNOG GLAZE:

Stir together all the ingredients until blended.

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Author's Comments

Very moist and fragrant, this is a wonderful bread to serve during the Christmas holidays. Decorate the top with 1 or 2 glaceed cherries and then drizzle with glaze, if you are planning these for gift-giving.

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1 Recipe Reviews

geekycook

geekycook reviewed Christmas Eggnog Cherry Bread with Eggnog Glaze on December 28, 2017

Way too much flour..very dense..major typo.....not moist at all...I should have read other eggnog bread recipes before I wasted flour and sugar on this recipe.