Cherry Bread
Cherry bread is so good! The dried cherries provide bursts of flavor. The eggs and butter create a luscious, rich bread.
Updated February 5, 2025 – Originally Posted February 11, 2024
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This is one of my favorite breads to make. I use it as a basic recipe and, although cherries are my favorite, sometimes use different dried fruits like blueberries or apricots-I’ve even used dried pineapple and a little bit of unsweetened shredded coconut! ~ Jen
Cherry bread is a delicious combination of elements. The dried cherries provide bursts of sweetness and flavor. The eggs and butter make the bread rich and luscious.
Should You Melt the Butter?
Many bread recipes call for melted or softened butter. That’s to help the butter mix with the rest of the ingredients.
Some bread machines, including my Zojirushi, have a preheat cycle that melts the butter for you. If your machine has a preheat cycle then you do not need to melt the butter. Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine for how to add cubed butter. As you can see from the below photo, I cut the butter into four chunks and placed it at each corner of the bread pan.
Making Cherry Bread
This makes a two-pound loaf of bread. Use the basic setting with the medium crust option.
Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine in terms of which ingredients to put in the machine first. With my Zo, I add the liquids first.
Typically, you’d add the cherries at the add beep. However, I’ve found that fruit is distributed more evenly throughout the loaf if I add them at the beginning. You can read more about that issue in my article about the add beep.
Do you see all the dried cherries? Yum!!
Here’s a hint for recipes with eggs. Start with a measuring cup that’s larger than you need. Add the liquid, in this case water. Then add the eggs to the liquid and give it a good stir.
Check the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading. Open the lid of the bread machine and see how the dough is doing. It should be a smooth, round ball.
If the dough is too dry add liquid a teaspoon at a time until it looks right. If it looks too wet, add flour a tablespoon at a time until it looks right.
Here’s the cherry bread dough in the bread machine.
Do you love cherries? If so, check out this recipe for Cherry Almond Bread that uses cherry preserves.
Cherry Bread – Bread Machine Recipe
This makes a two-pound loaf. Use the white bread or basic setting with the crust set to medium.
2/3 cup water
2 eggs, beaten
3 1/3 cups bread flour
1/3 cup butter
3 Tablespoon sugar
1 1/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
3/4 cup dried cherries
See below for metric measurements, as well as nutrition information, for this cherry bread recipe.
Cherry Bread Recipe
Recommended Equipment
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup (157.73 ml) water
- 2 egg beaten
- 3 1/3 cups (416.67 g) bread flour
- 1/3 cup (75.67 g) butter
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 3/4 cup (90.91 g) dried cherries
Instructions
- This makes a two-pound loaf of bread. I used the basic setting with a medium crust.
- Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine in terms of which ingredients to put in the machine first.
- Typically, you’d add the cherries at the add beep. However, I’ve found that fruit is distributed more evenly throughout the loaf if I add them at the beginning.
- Check the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading. Open the lid of the bread machine and see how the dough is doing. It should be a smooth, round ball. If the dough is too dry add liquid a teaspoon at a time until it looks right. If it looks too wet, add flour a tablespoon at a time until it looks right.
Notes
Nutrition
All information presented within this site is intended for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and any nutritional information on breadmachinediva.com should only be used as a general guideline. This information is provided as a courtesy and there is no guarantee that the information will be completely accurate. I try to provide accurate information to the best of my ability; however these figures should still be considered estimates.
We liked the cherries before we ate the bread so the dislike for the cherry bread had to be something else. I was so disappointed in the recipe (so was my husband) we didn’t even want to make toast with it. We tossed it in the garbage …first loaf of bread we have ever thrown out. It was too dark but I don’t think that was the problem, we just didn’t like the taste.
I’m sorry the recipe didn’t work out for you. Did you happen to make any ingredient substitutions or other changes to the recipe?
This is one of my favorite breads to make. I use it as a basic recipe and, although cherries are my favorite, sometimes use different dried fruits like blueberries or apricots-I’ve even used dried pineapple and a little bit of unsweetened shredded coconut!
Pineapple and coconut? YUM!! thanks for the comment and the great ideas!