Banana Bread

This is my favorite banana bread recipe I have ever found. It actually came from a lady that I used to work for. I always make it with real butter and at least 4 bananas.

Banana Bread

1 Cup Sugar

½ Cup Butter or Margarine

2 Eggs

½ Teaspoon Salt

1 Cup Nut Meats (only if desired, which I don’t)

3 or 4 Crushed Bananas (overripe bananas are better)

1 ½ Cups Flour

1 Teaspoon Soda

Beat the bananas until mushy. Add sugar. Continue beating with eggs. Add the dry ingredients and melted butter.

Pour into a greased and floured loaf pan for approximately 45 minutes or an hour at 325 degrees.

If you only use smaller loaf pans, cut the cooking time down to about 35 minutes – or when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

I usually make 3 small loaf pans from this recipe.

Brownies

I'm not really sure where this recipe evolved from. I think my mother originally gave it to me and than I changed it slightly using real butter and not baking quite as long. The frosting recipe is straight off the Hershey's Cocoa can. We often refer to these brownies as crack brownies as Ryan once called them.

Marnae’s Brownies

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

½ cup cocoa

2 squares butter

4 eggs

1 and ½ cups flour

2 teasp. vanilla

Cream together sugars, cocoa and melted butter.

Add eggs, flour and vanilla.

Bake at 350 for 25 minutes (spray pan with cooking spray)

Marnae’s Brownies Frosting

1 square butter (1/2 cup)

2/3 cup cocoa

3 cups powdered sugar

1/3 cup milk

1 teasp vanilla

Melt butter. Stire in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk beating on med. Speed to spreading consistency. Add more milk if needed. Stir in vanilla.