2 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup chopped maraschino cherries, drained
Stir together first 3 ingredients.
In large mixing bowl, cream together butter, sugar, eggs and
vanilla until fluffy. Alternately add dry ingredients and
buttermilk to creamed mixture. Beat just til blended after
each addition. Fold in pecans and cherries Turn batter into
greased loaf pans
Stud with pecan halves and halved cherries, if desired. Bake
for 55-60 minutes at 350 degrees.
Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool on wire rack.
