Description

You only need a handful of fresh cherries to make this wonderful bread. Enjoy it toasted for breakfast, for a sandwich, as a snack or perhaps as a dessert.

Ingredients

• 4 c. bread flour
• 1 T. salt
• 2 t. instant yeast
• 1 c. sugar
• 5 T. butter
• 1 c. plus 1 T. water
• 1/2 c. golden raisins
• 1/2 c. chopped walnuts
• 1 c. fresh cherries, pitted and quartered
• 1/2 c. blanched sliced almonds, for top
• 1 egg, for egg wash

Steps

1. In a large mixing bowl, mix together flour, salt, yeast, sugar, butter and water into a soft dough.
2. Turn onto a clean work surface; knead for 3-4 minutes. Add raisins and walnuts; knead for another three minutes. Add the cherries; knead in about 1 minute to distribute through the dough.
3. Set dough under an over-turned bowl to rise for 30 minutes.