Holiday Eggnog Bread

Holiday Eggnog Bread 2 1/4 - cups all purpose flour 2 - teaspoon baking powder 1/4 - teaspoon salt 1 - 3.4 oz package instant french vanilla or vanilla pudding 1 1/4 - cups sugar 1 3/4- cups eggnog 2 - eggs, beaten 1/2 - cup butter, melted 1/4 - teaspoon nutmeg 1 - teaspoon rum extract 1 - teaspoon vanilla extract Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom of two 9x5 inch loaf pans or use mini loaf pans. Beat eggs, add sugar, eggnog, butter, rum and vanilla extract. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Add the flour mixture to the batter and mix well. Add the instant pudding and blend. Pour into greased pans and bake at 350 degrees 20-25 minutes for mini loaves and 40 - 50 minutes for regular loaf pans. Bread will be golden brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove and cool completely on a baking rack. When cool drizzle eggnog glaze on top. Eggnog Glaze: 1 - cup powdered sugar Enough eggnog to make a glaze to drizzle over bread To make the glaze: Mix (1) cup powdered sugar with enough eggnog to make a pourable glaze. Drizzle over cooled loaves. Let glaze set before storing bread. Recipe yields: approx 5 mini loafs or 2 regular loaves