Recipe: Gumdrop Loaf
Description: Slices of this sweet loaf burst with color. This recipe is a real kid-pleaser, great for parties and Christmas-time.
Ingredients: [{"text": "1/2 cup butter, softened"}, {"text": "1 cup sugar"}, {"text": "2 eggs"}, {"text": "1 teaspoon vanilla extract"}, {"text": "2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour"}, {"text": "2 teaspoons baking powder"}, {"text": "1/4 teaspoon salt"}, {"text": "1 cup milk"}, {"text": "1 lb gumdrop, sliced"}, {"text": "1 cup raisins (optional)"}]
Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well. 
Stir in vanilla. 
In another bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.
Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk; fold in gumdrops and raisins.
Pour mixture into greased loaf pan and bake for  one to one and a half hours or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. 
Cool for 20 minutes in pan and then remove to finish cooling on wire rack.
