Eggnog Bread - cooking recipe

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)

Preparation

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