SCRUMPTIOUS BANANA-NUT BREAD....ENDING THE LOVE AFFAIR

 

Dearest Winter...

 

I am letting you know that I am ending our love affair.

Your enchantment has lost it's luster...

  Perhaps we shall rekindle our romance next year~

It wasn't you,

it was me......

 

"Auf wiedersehen darling"

 

 

The Dairy farm in our little New England village

Beautiful and so very cold looking

Can you imagine? They have had this look since October!

So serene

This is looking out the window of one our favorite Irish Pubs in Old Port....we used to sit right at this table and watch the shoppers while sipping a glass of wine! There is a dance studio right across the street where you see those arched windows. It was such fun to watch them perform and practice in the evenings.

This is a picture that a friend sent me from Pennsylvania

Now we are in Atlanta......a friend of The Divine Miss M posted this

picture of their cul-de-sac

The ice fell for one whole day...that's all ice, not snow

 

Little Izzy playing in the snow and ice with her neighbor friends....

she is in that little pink snow suit.

Doesn't she look like a little tiny doll?

Luke built an "organic snowman"

Jay braving the steps....looking for any trees in danger

 

One of the Four Seasons statue in the back garden

That's the golf course directly behind them

Solitude

 

I love to have quick breads on hand for snacks in the afternoon. They seem perfect for after school snacks or a treat with coffee or hot tea. Normally, I prefer banana bread using Sour Cream or buttermilk and on this day, I did not have either of these on hand. I found this recipe from Sunday Dinner at Grandma's from the Gooseberry Patch series and it is really, really good! The recipe had been submitted by Carolyn Ayers from Kent, WA. and she stated her grandmother had made this same recipe for seventy-five years!

 

 

BANANA-NUT BREAD

2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1 t. baking soda

1/4 t. salt

1/2 cup canola oil

2 eggs, beaten

3 ripe bananas. mashed

1 cup chopped pecans

 

Combine flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in a bow. Mix well and set aside. In a separate bowl, mix oil and eggs; add bananas. Add flour mixture and mix well. Pour into a greased 9" x 5" loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees F. for 25-30  minutes.