Nick's Favorite Cherry Pecan Bread

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
• in a large bowl, cream butter or margarine and sugar together. add eggs, and continue mixing until light and fluffy. add baking soda, salt, and vanilla; mix thoroughly. alternately add buttermilk and flour to the creamed mixture, mixing only enough to hold ingredients together. fold in cherries and nuts, mixing lightly. turn batter into prepared pan.
• bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until bread tests done. cool completely before slicing.