Bishop's Bread - A Christmas Favorite

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup chopped well drained maraschino cherry (best to use the 'candied' ones from a jar,)
• 1/2 cup raisins (optional) or 1/2 cup chopped dates (optional)
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 prehead oven to350°.
• 2 mixture 1.
• 3 in mixing bowl, beat egg with electric mixer for about 1 minute.
• 4 add sugar, oil, and vanilla to the egg. beat well.
• 5 blend in the buttermilk.
• 6 mixture 2.
• 7 in another bowl sift together the flour, soda, and salt.
• 8 add pecans, cherries, raisins or dates, and chocolate chips. blend gently - careful not to mash the cherries.
• 9 combine mixture 1 and mixture 2. blend gently - careful not to mash the cherries.
• 10 pour the batter into a greased and floured 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• 11 bake in preheated 350° oven for 1 hour, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. (if cherries weren't drained well enough, the excess moisture will increase baking time).
• 12 let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes then remove to a rack to cool completely.