Author: BrownAcres

Grandma Brown’s Banana Bread

Banana bread is a favorite in our house and this is a recipe from my husbands’ grandma.  He’s a guy who doesn’t like nuts or chocolate chips thrown in so this is a perfect ‘plain’ recipe.  The guys really like having this treat in the field.  This recipe is for a double batch it just seems like one loaf is not enough and is typically gone in a day.

Grandma Brown’s Banana Bread
Ingredients
  • 1 cup room temp Butter
  • 4 Eggs
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 4 cups Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 2/3 cup Buttermilk
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 6-9 Bananas
Instructions
  1. Mix sugar, butter and eggs on medium-low. Add Flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir to combine and finally add buttermilk vanilla and bananas. Pour into 2-3 greased pans filled about 2/3 full. Bake at 350° for 45-60 minutes a toothpick inserted in center will come out clean.
Notes

This freezes well.

You will need:Mix and pour

Bake at 350° for 45-60 minutes or until toothpick tests clean.

Kim’s Poppy Salad

This is one of our favorite summer salad recipes and it is so easy to throw together.  

Kim’s Poppy Pasta
Ingredients
  • 1 box Bowtie Pasta
  • 1 cup Cashews
  • 1 cup Red Grapes, cut in quarters
  • 1 bottle Brianna’s Poppy Seed Dressing
  • 1 lb. Chicken, cooked (may be canned, rotisserie or leftovers)
Instructions
  1. Cook pasta until al dente. Cut grapes and break chicken into bite size chunks. Rinse pasta under water until cooled. Combine pasta, chicken, grapes, and 1/2 of the poppy seed dressing. Mix well. Add more dressing as needed.
Notes

The noodles typically absorb the dressing overnight so I add more the next day and another handful of cashews for crunch.

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