Holiday Fruit Bread...

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup milk
2 eggs
1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted
3/4 cup finely chopped dried apricots
3/4 cup finely chopped pitted prunes
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a medium loaf pan.

In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs and melted butter until smooth. Stir in the apricots, prunes and nuts. Add to the combined dry ingredients and stir just until blended.

Spread evenly in the prepared pan. Bake until a thin wooden skewer inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 55 to 65 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.