this recipe comes from "mom's favourite recipe"...
a homemade cookbook that rubby's mom gave him one christmas.

• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1 cup lightly packed brown sugar
• 1 beaten egg
• 2 cups of flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2/3 cups milk
• 1/3 cup syrup from red maraschino cherries
• 1/2 cup drained red maraschino cherries, quartered
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

• preheat oven to 350°f
• in a bowl, cream shortening
• add egg
• beat well
• in another bowl, blend or sift to gether flour, baking powder and salt
• in another bowl combine milk, syrup
• add dry ingredient to creamed mixture alternately with milk mixture
• combine after each addition but do not beat
• carefully fold in cherries and walnuts
• pour into greased 9x5 loaf pan
• let stand for 20 minutes
• bake for 55-60 minutes