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Grandma Deboer's Banana Bread

Grandma Deboer was actually my Great Grandma and she was known for her cooking.  She had "the touch" and taught many of her grandkids how to cook.  The kids would go over to her house and she would teach them many of the cooking skills her mother taught her and so we still have many of her recipes and "the touch" is still alive and well.  Here is her Banana Bread recipe which I am guessing is well over 50 years old.  She was the chef for the Miller and Paine store in Lincoln Nebraska probably throughout the 40's - 60's maybe (I'm really guessing there, but she's been gone since I was like 9 and I'm in my 40's so that's probably about right).

Grandma Deboer's Banana Bread:
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter/margarine
2 cups flour
2 eggs
3 bananas, very ripe and crushed
1 tsp soda
1/2 cup nuts

Cream your sugar and butter together.  Add the eggs and beat well.  Add bananas (be sure they are real ripe).  Sift flour, soda, and salt.  Add to creamed mixture.  Add nuts.  Put in well greased loaf pan.  Bake 1 hour at 350.  Makes 1 loaf.  The riper the bananas the better the bread.  Bake till done but don't overbake. Makes a wonderfully moist bread.  Be sure to let the loaf pan sit for about 5 minutes after baking before you try to remove the loaf or the bottom will come out all broken up.

Welcome Wednesday

Hi everyone - I've had to re-add my GFC.  It must of disappeared sometime during the night as it was there last night.  Has anyone else been having issues with Blogger the last day or two?  Oh, and if anyone is using LeeLou Blogs templates be sure to check for an email from her to see if you need to redo your template.  She had to purchase a server to hold her designs as photobucket was having problems due to the sheer amount of designs on theirs.  Anyway here's her website: LeeLou Blogs

Here's what you'll find on my blogs this week - 
Family Literacy and You: 
Wednesday's Reading Tip & a Book Review of Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott

GivingNSharing: a new link has been added to the Saving Money page for Simply CVS, a recipe for Chicken and Rice is posted (thanks to whoever added it to their blog about 2 weeks ago, I didn't write down your name so I wasn't able to give credit), and this week I will be posting a review/giveaway for Connectagons from Hearthsong!



 
Announcing.... a new blog!
Holiday Gift Guide is all about Holiday Traditions, Gifts and Recipes.  Again, my goal is an interactive blog - so  please share YOUR family traditions and if you have a favorite family recipe posted on your blog and would like to share it, please do! The recipe page is a linky. You will click on the Your Next link and add the link to the post where YOUR recipe is posted. This can be a salad, main dish, dessert, side dish or a Gift Recipe from YOUR kitchen. If you don't have a picture of your recipe - use your blog button or find a picture of something similar to what your dish looks like.  If you are a business and would like to participate in the Holiday Gift Guide and promote your products, please email me so I can give you the details - thanks!