Cherry Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 (6 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained with juice reserved, cut cherries in half
3/4 cup chopped pecans

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Lightly grease or spray a 9x5 inch glass or light metal loaf pan.
Stir together the flour, salt, and baking powder in a bowl.
In another large bowl, beat together the sugar and eggs using an electric mixer until light and frothy.
Alternately add the flour mixture and the reserved cherry juice to the egg mixture, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
Dust the cherries and pecans with flour and stir into the batter.
Scrape the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
Bake for 50-60 minutes, until a pick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Transfer to a wire rack and let cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
Turn the loaf out of the pan and let cool completely.
Serve at room temperature.