Cherry Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. milk, scalded
1/4 c. butter
2/3 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
2 pkg. yeast
1/2 c. cherry juice
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
8 c. flour
1 c. (16 oz.) maraschino cherries, drained and cut up
remaining cherry juice

Preparation

Combine milk, butter, sugar and salt; let cool to lukewarm. Add yeast, 1/2 c. cherry juice, eggs, vanilla, flour, cherries and remaining juice.
Mix until it forms a smooth, soft dough.
Let rise 10 minutes.
Mix down and let rise again until double in bulk.
Shape into 4 or 5 loaves.
Let rise until double.
Bake for 50 minutes at 350\u00b0.
Good toasted or with cream cheese.