Cherry Almond Oat Bread

         It feels just like yesterday Cherries were in season. Most of last summer was pretty hectic and hot and I can say I honestly don’t miss the heat, but I do miss the summer fruits that you can’t get during the winter.

         I made this Cherry Almond Oat Bread some many times during the summer with fresh cherries I don’t know why it slipped my mind to post it. I was honestly meaning to but I have finally gotten to it some months later.

Many of you know besides pies, tarts and pastries there is not a whole lot of variety when it comes to using fresh cherries in recipes. I guess that’s why I find that every year I need to create a recipe using fresh cherries that doesn’t require them to be used in a pie. I created a lot of fresh cherry recipes this summer, but the cherry almond oat bread was the one I made more often because it was hearty, made a great snack and was full of flavor. The recipe is pretty easy to make and when cherries are in season again make sure you grab up a few bags and make this recipe. 

Cherry Almond Oat Bread Recipe:

1 ¾ cups flour

½ cup rolled oats

1 ½ tsp. baking powder

¼ tsp. salt

½ tsp vanilla extract

1 ¼ tsp. almond extract

2 cups fresh cherries pitted and diced in blender finely

¾ cup butter

¾ cup honey

¼ cup organic sugar

2 large eggs

Recipe Directions: Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease a 9*5 loaf pan. In large bowl combine flour, baking powder, rolled oats powder and salt. In another bowl beat eggs, butter, sugar, honey and extracts. Once creamy add to flour mixture. Stir until just moistened. Fold fresh cherries into batter until mixed, place batter into grease pan. Bake in preheated oven for 40 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely, before slicing.