Banana bars

Banana Bars
Mrs. H. L. Spencer

1 cup sugar
1/4 cup shortening
2 eggs
1 cup ripe mashed bananas
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cup sifted flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

cream sugar, shortening ,eggs, bananas, and vanilla./ Sift dry ingredients and stir into creamed mixture. Spread into greased 15 x 10-inch jelly roll pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes at 350 degrees. While warm, pour thin confectioners sugar glaze over top, if desired. Cool and cut into bars.

Old-Fashioned Banana Shortcake

ooohhhhh , need I say anything else!

Old- fashioned banana Shortcake
Noamie Mitchell

2 cup flour
3 Tablespoon baking powder
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup shortening
2/3 cup milk
softened butter
bananas

Mix and sift dry ingredients. Cut fat into mixture until size of pea. Make well in mixture and add milk, Gradually to make a soft dough. Toss on floured board and knead gently. Pat or roll to 1/2-inch thickness. Put 1/2 dough into greased pan and spread surface with melted butter. Top with remainder of dough. Bake 20 minutes at 450 degrees. Remove shortcake to a large plate and separate layers with a fork. Place crushed sweetened bananas. Serve plain or with whipped cream.

Chocolate Banana Cookies

Here is another cookie recipe ....today is Home-made cookie day.


Chocolate Banana Cookies
Mrs. Leroy Lamson

1 package chocolate morsels
2/1/4 cup sifted flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2/3 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 bananas or 1 cup mashed

Melt chocolate morsels over hot , not boiling water. Sift together baking powder, salt, soda and flour/. Blend in shortening and sugar together. Beat in eggs. add melted chocolate, flour mixture and the ripe mashed bananas. Drop by teaspoonful on greased cookie sheet. Bake 12 minutes at 400 degrees. Makes 7 dozen

Banana Apple Betty

Here is a recipe from 1967 to take care of the those sells on bananas besides eating them and making banana bread or pudding.

Banana Apple Betty

2 tart apples, pared and cored
3 firm bananas
3/4 cup sugar
3 Tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups soft bread crumbs

Slice apples and cut bananas crosswise into 1/2 -inch pieces. Combine fruit, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Mix bread crumbs with butter. Place alternate layers of crumbs and fruit into well-buttered baking dish. Use crumbs on top and bottom layers. Cover and bake 40 minutes at 375 degrees. Uncover and continue baking 5 minutes longer. Serve hot with cream.

Banana-Prune Cake

Keeping with the cake recipes, like I said I don`t like prunes


Banana-Prune Cake

2/3 cup shortening
2 1/2 cups cake flour, sifted
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup fully ripe bananas, mashed ( 2 or 3)
2/3 cup milk
2 eggs
1 cup prunes, chopped, pitted and cooked
1/2 cup California walnuts, chopped

Stir softened shortening just to soften. Sift in dry ingredients. add bananas and half the milk. mix until all flour is dampened. Beat vigorously 2 minutes. Add eggs and remaining milk. Beat 2 minutes longer. Fold in prunes and nutmeats. Pour into paper lined 13 x 9 x2-inch pan. Bake 40 to 45 minutes at 350 degrees. let stand about 10 minutes before turning out of pan.

Heavenly Hash Falmbe

This recipe has grapes and bananas and pineapple....good combination!

Heavenly Hash Flambe

1 pint whipping cream
1 small bunch red grapes, seeded and halved
2 or 3 bananas, sliced
1/2 cup black walnuts, chopped
1 small can pineapple chunks
2 or 3 dozen miniature marshmallows
1/2 cup sugar
8 cubes sugar
1/4 cup brandy

Whip cream until stiff peaks foam. Fold in sugar. Add all fruits and marshmallows and fold in with spoon. Place in parfait glasses., Soak 8 cubes and serve flaming. Serves 8.

Brandied Caramel Bananas

Her is a recipe for bananas.......Clowns love bananas!

Brandied Caramel Bananas

6 bananas
1 Tablespoon brandy or brandy extract
3 Tablespoon butter
3 Tablespoon brown sugar

Peel bananas. Divide in halves lengthwise. Melt butter and saute bananas. Turn when brown on one side. Add sugar. When browned on other side, add brandy. Serve on hot plates with branidied sugar on top.

Banana Bread

Who doesn`t like Banana Bread.

Banana Bread
Mildred Kraft

2 cups sugar
1 cup butter or margarine
4 large eggs, well beatn
6 large bananas
2 cups flour , sifted
1 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoon baking powder
2 teaspoon soda
1 cup nutmeats
1 cup raisins, cooked and drained

Combine sugar and shortening and stir until well blended. Add beaten eggs and mashed bananas. And blend well. Add dry ingredients, then add raisins and nutmeats. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans and bake 1 hour at 325 degrees.

ICING

2 Tablespoons butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1/2 cup milk

Bring butter, brown sugar and milk to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and cool. Add conf3ectioners sugar. Beat until smooth enough to spread. Additional confectioners sugar may be needed.

Fruit salad

Ok, I consider fruit salad to be somewhat of a dessert and a more healthy one to a point. This recipe is from 1967.

Fruit Salad
Mrs. Louis Heinrich

bananas
apples
1 cup walnuts
2 Tablespoons vinegar
2 Tablespoon flour
2 Tablespoon water
1 teaspoon mustard
1 Tablespoon celery seed
1/2 pint whipping cream
1 egg

Use equal amounts of apples and bananas. Combine egg, vinegar, water , flour, mustard and celery seed. Cook indouble boiler. Add whipped cream. Combine with bananas and apples and numteats. Salad should be made about 1/2 hour before serving as bananas will discolor.

Lemon Custard Fruit Salad

Fruit Salad can be considered a dessert , right!

Lemon custard Fruit Salad
Mrs. Hubert Mixon

2 eggs, well beaten
juice of 2 1/2 lemons
3/4 cup sugar
1 package miniature marshmallows
1  1-pound can pineapple chunks
6 ripe bananas

Combine eggs, lemon juice and sugar. Cook over low heat until thicken. Pour over marshmallow, pineapple and bananas. Serves 12.

velvet Banana Bread

k, lets get back into the swing of things and here is a bread recipe---banana at that, I love home-made banana bread, in which I make when I have bananas starting to turn, thats when the bananas mash up good.....mmmmmgoooooodddd......

Velvet Banana Bread
Mrs. James D. Vossen

5 large ripe bananas
4 eggs, well beaten
1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
 4 cups flour, sifted
2 teaspoons soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup walnuts, chopped

Beat bananas until liquid.Combine with eggs and set aside. Cream together shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add banana mixture and blend. Add sifted dry ingredients and stir until smooth. Fold in nutmeats. Pour into well greased loaf pans. Bake 40-45 minutes at 350 degrees. Makes 2 loaves.

Banana Oatmeal Cookies

Yummy, oatmeal cookies, and even with banana in them.

Banana Oatmeal cookies
Mrs. Elmer Dollard

1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup shortening
1 egg, beaten
1 cup ripe bananas, mashed ( 3 bananas)
1 3/4 cup quick oatmeal
1/2 cup nutmeats

sift flour, sugar, soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon. cut in shortening. Add egg and beat well. add bananas, oatmeal and nutmeats. Mix well. Bake 10 minutes at 375 degrees.

Banana Nut Cake

This recipe can also be made as cupcakes. I made these back in the summer and didn`t want to heat up the house with the oven ( gas) and I made these in my toaster oven. The recipes that need to baked now are made in their because my gas oven is out of commission right now.....anywhoo here is the recipe.

Banana Nut Cake
Mrs. Mary J. Wheeler

2 cups flour ,sifted
1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup bananas, mashed
1/2 cup nutmeats, coarsely chopped ( walnuts preferred)
1/2 cup shortening or margarine
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs , well beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup buttermilk

Sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Cream shortening and sugar thoroughly. Add egs and beat well. Add bananas and nutmeats and beat well. Add flour to creamed mixture alternately with milk, a small amount at a time. Beat well after each addition. Add vanilla and bake in 2 layers 25 to 30 minutes at 375 degrees. Ice with favorite icing. Put sliced bananas between layers.