Eggnog Bread

1/4 cup butter or margarine,melted
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 cup dairy or canned eggnog
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped red and green candied cherries

In a large bowl, combine butter, sugar and eggs;mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Stir into butter mixture alternately with eggnog;mix only until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in pecans, raisins and cherries. Spoon into a greased 8 1/2-in. X 4 1/2-in. X 2 1/2-in. loaf pan. Bake 350 for 70 minutes or until bread tests done. Yield: 1 loaf