Makes 7 doz.

Ingredients

• 3          cups all purpose flour
• 1/2       tsp baking powder
• 1/4       tsp salt
• 1          cup butter or margarine softened
• 1          cup sugar
• 1          large egg
• 2          tbsp milk
• 1          tsp vanilla extract
• 1          square unsweetened chocolate melted
• 1/3       cup candied red cherries, finely chopped
• 5          drops red food colouring
• 1/2       cup pistachio nuts, finely chopped
• 1          tsp dark rum or 1/4 tsp almond extract
• 5          drops green food colouring.

Instructions

1. Combine flour. baking soda and salt to a bowl.
2. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add egg, milk and vanilla and mix.
4. With mixer at low speed, gradually add dry ingredients just until blende.
5. Divide dough into thirds, placing each in a separate bowl.
6. Combine one third dough with melted chocolate.
7. Combine cherries and red colouring with the second one third of the dough.Stir nuts, rum and green food colouring into remaining dough.
8. Line an 8 x 4 inch bread pan with plastic wrap.  Press green dough evenly into bottom of the pan.  Repeat layering with chocolate and cherry doughs.
9. Cover and refregerate overnight.
10. preheat oven to 375 degrees.
11. Invert pan onto a cutting board.  Remove pan and peel of the plastic wrap.
12. Cut dough crosswise into 1/4 inch-thick slices, then cut each slice crosswise into thirds or quarters.
13. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
14. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until bottoms are lightly browned.
15. Transfer to wire rack to cool.