Banana Nut Bread

"Sometime" you do not know what??? to give as a gift...I always give this little easy banana nut bread to my friends for the holiday cheer. I wrap the loaf with nice Christmas paper and a bow and I am set for the holiday season.

Directions

5 large ripe bananas

4 eggs, well beaten

1 cup shortening

2 cups sugar

4 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup chopped walnuts


Beat bananas until liquid.

Beat in eggs; set aside.

Cream sugar and shortening until fluffy.

Add dry ingredients and banana mixture *and beaten eggs.

Stir until smooth.

Fold in nuts.

Pour into 2 greased loaf pans.

Bake at 350°F on lowest rack, for 50 minutes or until done.

Easy Pecan Pie

Everyone will enjoy this simple and easy pecan pie for the holidays meals...Let a child fix this pie and get them started in the cooking world.

3 eggs, slightly beaten

1 c. Karo light or dark corn syrup

1 c. sugar

2 tbsp. Mazola butter, melted

1 tsp. vanilla

1 1/2 cup pecan halves

1 unbaked pie shell (9 inch)

In large bowl stir eggs, corn syrup, sugar, butter and vanilla until well blended. Stir in pecans. Pour into pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 55 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between center and edge comes out clean. Cool

Easy Cocoa Frosting

It's easy to make great chocolate frosting without buying it in a can.. Make you own and you will get a lot of smiles and a lot of licking fingers.


6 Tablespoon Butter softened

6 table whole milk

1/2 cup cocoa powder

2 2/3 cup powder sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon lemon extract

Mixed all ingredient into a bowl unto smooth with hand mixer in a sprending consistency.enough for a 9 inch cake.

Pumpkin Cheese Cake

Let try something else for that Thanksgiving Dessert. A Pumpkin Cheese cake will go very well. Pumpkin is a must for Thanksgiving so let's put it on the table and serve it proudly.

Recipes

 How to make Graham Cracker Crust

Making a graham cracker crust is so simple and quick that there is hardly ever a reason to buy store-bought. Just crush the crackers into crumbs, mix with melted butter, and bake. No fuss, no muss! You can even freeze the baked crusts so you have one on-hand for those times when you don't want to heat up the kitchen.

Graham Cracker Crust

Makes one 9-inch pie crust

1 3/4 graham crackers

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 stick butter

3 tablespoon brown sugar

A rolling pin and a plastic bag

9-inch spring pan

Instructions

1. Crumble the Graham Crackers: Break up the crackers and place them in the bowl of a food processor along with the sugar, if using. Pulse to break the crackers further and then process continuously until the crackers are crushed into fine crumbs. Alternatively, place all the crackers in a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin until broken into fine crumbs. You should end up with about 2 cups total of graham cracker crumbs.

2. Combine with Butter: Transfer the graham crackers to a bowl. Melt the butter and pour over the graham crackers. Stir until the crumbs are evenly coated and look wet. The crumbs should hold together in a clump if you press them in your fist; if not, add water a tablespoon at a time until this happens.

3. Press into a Pie Pan: Heat the oven to 375° F. Pour the crumbs into a 9-inch pie pan and press them evenly along the bottoms and sides.

FILLING:

Place 3 boxes 8 oz cream cheese, 3 eggs and one yoke, 3 tablespoon flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar,1 can 15 oz pumpkin, and 1/4 cup sour cream. mix well together.

 NEXT: ADD SPICE: 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg. 1/8 teaspoon clover and 1 teaspoon cinnamon mix in mixture.

 Add to spring pan

Bake 1 hour let rest in pan for 15 mins