Fruit Quick Bread

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 3 cups flour
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup strawberry preserves
• 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring (optional)
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts (i like pecans)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350*.
• 2 blend butter, sugar, vanilla, salt and lemon juice. beat in eggs one at a time.
• 3 dissolve baking soda in sour cream, and add to butter mixture.
• 4 fold in flour, preserves, nuts and food coloring.
• 5 pour batter into two greased and floured loaf pans.
• 6 bake 35-40 minutes.
• 7 (the photo i posted to this recipe in oct. '05 was made with peach preserves. ;) ).