Buttermilk Chocolate Bread

* Exported from MasterCook *

Buttermilk Chocolate Bread

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Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Dessert Breads

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 cup Butter -- softened
1 cup Sugar
2 Eggs
1/2 cup Buttermilk
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 cup Semisweet chocolate chips
melted
2 1/4 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 pinch Salt (opt)
1 cup Pecans -- chopped
1/2 cup Glaced cherries -- chopped
CREAMY CHERRY GLAZE-
1 1/2 tablespoons Cream
2 tablespoons Glaced cherries -- finely
chopped
3/4 cup Powdered sugar -- sifted

Beat together first 5 ingredients until blended. Beat in melted chocolate.
Combine and add next 4 ingredients and stir until dry ingredients are just
moistened. Do not overmix. Stir in pecans and cherries. Divide batter between 3
greased and lightly floured mini-loaf foil pans (6x3x2"), place pans on a
cookie sheet, and bake in a 325~ oven for 45-50 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 Creamy Cherry Glaze. Yields 3 mini-loaves.



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