Eggnog Bread

Eggnog Bread

Time: 1 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup dairy or canned eggnog
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup maraschino cherry, chopped (red and green)

Directions

• 1 In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter, sugar and eggs.
• 2 Combine the flour, baking powder and salt, and stir into butter mixture alternately with the eggnog; mix only until dry ingredients are moistened.
• 3 Fold in pecans, raisins and cherries by hand.
• 4 Spoon into a greased 8-1/2 x 4-1/2 x 2-1/2 loaf pan.
• 5 Bake at 350 for 70 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.