EGGNOG BREAD

Eggnog Bread

1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 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 chopped red and green candied cherries

In a large bowl, combine butter, sugar and eggs; mix well.

Combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Stir into butter mixture alternately with eggnog; mix only until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in pecans, raisins and cherries. Spoon into a greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 70 minutes or until bread tests done.