CHERRY PECAN BREAD
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
2 cups flour
1 cup chopped pecans
10 oz. jar maraschino cherries, chopped, and lightly drained
Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9x5 loaf pan. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and continue mixing until light and fluffy. Add baking soda, salt, and vanilla; mix well. Alternately add buttermilk and floured mixture to the creamed mixture, mixing only enough to hold ingredients together. Fold in cherries, nuts, and the juice you kept in the jar. Pour into prepared pan and bake 40 to 50 minutes or until bread tests done. Cool and top with a powdered sugar glaze if desired.
Cherry Pecn Bread... 
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