Christmas in Florida

by Beth | Dec 30, 2018 | My Life | 0 comments

Back in 2018, the boys (my son and a couple of his neighbors) suddenly decided on Christmas afternoon to waterski around Lake Berry. They were bitterly disappointed that Amazon would not immediately deliver a Santa suit on Christmas afternoon. Alas, my granddaughter's Olaf jumpsuit was sacrificed for the cause. It was never the same!

Through the years, they have upgraded the costuming for the Christmas afternoon water show so last time around the skiers were the Grinch, Santa and a Flying Squirrel. My photography has improved somewhat through the years, even though it's not yet really good.

This is a recipe from a friend from the dark ages -- back in the early 1970s when I was a college student. And, yep! I still make it.

Meg came to my house a couple of years ago, and she knew her source for the recipe -- down to the page number in the cookbook! I don't remember the book (I never saw it), and I've modified things a little bit (coconut oil instead of Crisco, for example) since I got it but it's basically the same recipe. Isn't that how recipes work?

Kaufman's Nana Bread

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 1 regular loaf
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 c shortening I now use Coconut Oil - works wonderfully
  • 1 c sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 c pre-sifted flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 + c mashed bananas the rottener the better! -- and a bit more than 1 cup works as well
  • 1 Tbsp crunchy Peanut Butter

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF
  2. Beat sugar and oil
  3. Add eggs and continue to beat
  4. Add dry ingredients alternating with bananas and peanut butter
  5. Pour into a loaf pan
  6. Bake for approximately 1 hour

Notes

Very forgiving recipe -- use at least 1 cup of mashed banana, but a bit extra is really good as well. I have been known to add a touch of salt (salt-a-holic here - especially if I used all natural peanut butter with no salt added); crunchy peanut butter is best, but smooth/creamy works just fine. And, since I won't touch Crisco anymore, I started using coconut oil. Even better than the original shortening. Guess you could use lard ( )

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