Fruit Bread Mix
Modified from Gifts In A Jar
1/2 cup nuts
1/2 cup dried fruit (cherries, peaches, apricots...whatever you want), finely chopped (I don't like nuts so I double this and don't use nuts)
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/2 cups Bisquick
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Layer ingredients in the order given into a wide mouth 1 quart canning jar. Pack each layer in place before adding the next.
Attach gift tag with cooking directions.
Cooking Directions:
1 jar Fruit Bread Mix (usually call this what fruit you used...Peach Bread Mix, Cherry Bread Mix, etc.)
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 350. Grease large loaf pan and then put a piece of wax paper on the bottom. In a large bowl mix cherry bread mix with wet ingredients. Stir until blended. Pour batter into loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan before removing.