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Showing posts with label The Fruits Of Our Labor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Fruits Of Our Labor. Show all posts

Oct 4, 2014

Banana Bread Recipe

I decided to post this before the family got to it.....laugh out loud! 
  • 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 large bananas)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 cup  low-fat plain yogurt
  • 1/4 cup canola, vegetable, or corn oil
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 large egg or 2 large egg whites
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1/2 cup Craisins

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and place the rack in the center of the oven. Spray an 8 x 4 inch loaf pan with a nonstick vegetable cooking spray.
In a large bowl, mix the mashed bananas with the baking soda and yogurt. Allow to sit while you prepare the rest of the batter.
Meanwhile, in a separate bowl, whisk together the oil, sugar, egg or egg whites, and vanilla.
In another large bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder, ground cinnamon, walnuts, Craisins and salt.
Then combine the banana mixture with the oil mixture and then add to the flour mixture. Stir just until all the ingredients are moistened. Pour into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Bake for about 45 minutes, then lower temp to 325 degrees of another 10 to 15 minutes. When toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean remove from over and allow to cool on wire rack.
Place on serving plate to slice & enjoy.

Oct 1, 2014

All That's Left

I had a sweet tooth yesterday & decided to bake some cookies. I wasn't in the mood for peanut butter or chocolate chip cookies so I pulled out one of my mom's old cookbooks and found a great recipe.
"Pecan Crunch Cookies"

1 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 tsps. lemon extract (optional)
1/2 cup crushed potato chips ----- yes, you heard me!!
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
Directions: 
  1. Cream butter, sugar, vanilla & lemon extract together. Add crushed potato chips and pecans. Stir in flour. 
  2. Form into small balls, using about 1 tablespoon dough for each.
  3. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
  4. Press balls flat with bottom of tumbler dipped in sugar.
  5. Bake in 350 degree oven for 16 to 18 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned.

Yields roughly 3 dozen
These are great just coming out of the over.....how do I know this.....well, you can guess what happened to most of those cookies. Someone had to be the taste-tester.........LOL
I did manage to save some for mom and the grands......just barely.

Jul 29, 2014

A Lot Of Things

I canned fig jam yesterday. Of course I had to do "several" taste tests before the
 sweetness was just right!!!!! I just hope this will last until the winter months.
A Zipper spider has made her home right outside my garage eve.
Grandma's Lillies are in bloom. I was told last year that lilly isn't their correct name so let me know of the correction please.
Next I snapped a photo some sort of mushroom that seemed to have cracked open. I love  the blush color surprise inside.
Finally we've had a string of strong winds lately so imagine my surprise when I discovered  a bird's nest on the ground (no pun intended) the other morning. No eggs or babies, thank goodness!!




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