Peggy C's photos with the keyword: makes

Banana Bread put on rack to cool .. both loaves .. took one to the drum circle .. came home with an empty pan .. requests made to 'please make more?' .. - preheat oven to 350 degrees F, with rack placed in lowest position - pan sizes: 8.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 (2 loaves) or 9 x 5 x 3 (1 loaf) Recipe Ingredients: 1 c. sugar 1/4 c. unsweetened applesauce 1/4 c. butter / room temp. 1/2 c. eggs ... 2 eggs ... 1 1/2 c. mashed bananas .. 3 or 4 1/2 c. sour milk .. can use regular and just add vinegar or lemon juice to sour it 1 t. vanilla [ didn't use vanilla: used spices instead] 1 t. ginger & 1/2 t. allspice 2 c. Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free All Purpose flour 1/2 c. cornstarch [ if making w/regular wheat flour .. leave out cornstarch .. make flour amount= 2 1/2 c. all purpose flour ] 1 t. baking soda 1 c. chopped nuts [ opt ] -- but, if toasted ahead of time, taste so good Directions: In large bowl, put all dry ingredients. Mix well with spoon. [ not the nuts, yet ] For wet ingredients - mix well in a separate bowl. Combine wet ingredients into the dry; mix well. Add nuts and stir. Spoon into loaf pan [s] which have been greased on the bottom only. Bake the smaller 8.5 " pans for about 1 hour. The 9" loaf .. about 1 1/2 hrs. Note: baked 2 8.5" pans just under an hour. Toothpick inserted in center should come out clean. Remove and place on cooling rack for 10 min. Then, loosen sides of pan [s] and place top side up on rack to completely cool. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and store at room temp. up to 4 days or refrigerate up to 10 days. Plan on making more and freezing them. ** For the Banana-Brandon topping: - slice bananas length wise & place over batter before baking - sprinkle a mix of cinnamon .. nutmeg .. ground cloves and either brown sugar or cane sugar .. this caramelizes on top. All this part is subject to how much intensity of spice you like. But, oh -- this is really good ! Would give credit to the original recipe, but have no idea where I got it. Have changed my baking to no wheat/gluten., but this one used to be made with regular flour. * all photos: © All Rights Reserved

A Lyrical Connection . Christmas Dinner - ..for Senior Orphans was held Dec. 6 th -2009 ..all Seniors were served dinner, dessert & beverages by volunteers from the community ..a local school of dance provided entertainment "Senior Orphans of Polk County was founded over twenty-five years ago to assist those less fortunate. The idea came from attending an organizational meeting of service programs in Polk County. The original goal was to help local, indigent seniors living with no family support and monthly incomes of $400 or less. Today that amount has increased to include those with monthly incomes of $600 or less. Senior Orphans is 100% volunteer driven with no administrative costs." . . . from the website of Polk County Senior Orphans © All rights reserved

.. getting started .. layered warm clothing .. get the sled ready .. mush !!

table decorations .. greenery .. touch of red .. shiny, glitzy tree .. with snow white background .. taken at Senior Orphans Yearly Christmas Dinner . © All rights reserved

- a partridge - nor a pear tree - but, using imagination for the weekly Assignment:"Holiday Songs" - Digital Photography School / dPS - 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' song - hmm... - a solo bird - some leaves with Spanish Moss - so, this will be my entry cropped/framed/signed in: www.picmonkey.com © All Rights Reserved