Dear Sis,
Today Mama Jen and I had our final baking day and we did a gift exchange with our little people.
After nap, Charlotte opened her new tea set from Jon and Susan, our synagogue friends, from when we were teens. It was one of several very thoughtful gifts they sent the kids:)
Our baking day continued into the evening. We baked 16 mini loaves of pumpkin bread and 10 of banana nut bread as holiday gifts for teachers, neighbors, and family. I didn’t realize until tonight that I never added Great Grandma’s Banana Nut Bread recipe to the blog before. I don’t make it as often as I used to because Josh is nut-free:)
Banana Nut Bread
Ingredients
- 3 bananas pureed
- 1 c granulated sugar
- 1/2 c canola oil
- 3 eggs beaten
- 1 t baking soda dissolved in milk
- 3 T whole milk
- 1 t vanilla extract
- 1 t salt
- 1 1/2 c unbleached flour
- 1 c walnuts (opt) crushed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour baking pans unless using single use pans.
- Beat together pureed fruit, sugar, oil, eggs, soda dissolved in milk, and vanilla.
- Stir in salt and flour. Fold in nuts. Pour into prepared pans, filling only about halfway.
- Bake 35-45 minutes. Baking times vary depending on the size of the pans used.
Book of the Night
Shelf the Hanukkah Elf by Greg Wolfe
William knows Santa is pretend, but he enjoys the story. This book works to add Hanukkah to the Santa story. William enjoyed it. As a mom, I wasn’t impressed. I can see how adults who engage in the more imaginative side of the season would enjoy it better:)
Happy Hanukkah!
Love,
b