Old Time Raisin Bread

1/4 pound butter
2 cups sugar
2 cups milk
3 eggs
2 Tablespoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 package raisins
1 cup chopped pecans
some whole pecans

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Add vanilla, raisins and chopped pecans. Pour into 2 well buttered and floured loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 1 hour.

Note: Use whole pecans to decorate tops of loaves before baking.

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