Banana Bread Bars

Banana Bread Bars

1/2 cup butter softened

2 cups sugar

3 eggs

1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (3-4 medium bananas)

1 tsp. vanilla

Mix the above items together.

Then, add

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 pinch salt

Mix altogether and pour into a 15x9x1"  pan.

Bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees

Frosting

1/2 cup butter - softened

1 - 8 ounce package Cream Cheese - softened - I set it out on the counter to soften.

6 cups powder sugar

2 tsp. vanilla

Mix altogether.

Only use 1/2 of the frosting recipe for 1 pan of banana bread bars:)

                                                                                          Janelle Glatczak

Tapioca Pudding Salad

Ingredients:

1 3oz. strawberry jello
1 3oz. vanilla pudding (cooked kind)
1 3oz tapioca pudding
strawberries/bananas

Directions:

Boil 3 c. water.  Add jello and both puddings.  Return to heat.  Cook 2-5 minutes until mixture thickens.  Cool overnight.  Add Cool Whip and fruit.  ***Marlene Rempe's salad

Frozen Strawberry Salad

Ingredients:

1 8 oz. cream cheese
3/4 c. sugar
3 lg bananas, sliced
2 c. crushed pineapple
16 oz. frozen strawberries, thawed
1 tub Cool Whip
1/2 . chopped nuts

Directions:

Cream together cream cheese and sugar.  Add bnanas, nuts, pineapple and strawberries.  Fold in Cool Whip into 9x13 inch pan and freeze.  Keeps 4 to 6 weeks.  Serve just a little bit thawed.

Pineapple Freezy

Ingredients

• smash 5-15 bananas
• 46oz (1 qt 14oz) pineapple juice
• 2 lemonade frozen concentrate                                                             
• 2 orange frozen concentrate                            
• 4 cups sugar
• 7 cups water
• 1 pack lemon-lime kool-aid mix
   

Directions

1. Mix in a HUGE bowl and freeze!!
2.  After frozen, scoop some in cup
3. Add water and mix until slush!

Enjoy this traditional recipe from Grandma Crowther's house!!!

Cream Pies

Ingredients

• 9 inch baked pie shell
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
•  1 tablespoon flour
• 3 cup milk
• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. In a large glass bowl, mix sugar, salt, cornstarch and flour; gradually stir in milk.
2. Cook two minutes at a time stirring until mixture thickens and boils. 
3. Add some of the hot custard into the egg yolks and then stir them back into the large bowl.
4. Place back into the microwave for two more two-minute intervals, stir constantly.
5. Remove from heat and blend in butter and vanilla. 
6. Pour into pie shell and chill.

banana cream pie - line pie shell with slices of banana and top with whipped cream.
coconut cream pie - add shredded coconut to mixture before pouring into shell. Top with whipped cream and toasted coconut.

*** Keep close eye on coconut. Often burnt.....

Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 3 to 4 ripe bananas
• 1 & 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cup flour
• 1 & 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 & 1/3 cup water
• 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1/4 cup miracle whip

Directions 

1. preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix bananas, butter, sugar, eggs, Miracle Whip, and vanilla.
3. Add: flour, soda, salt; mix.
4. Add: water gradually as you mix, then nuts.
5. If batter seems too thin you may want to add some more flour.
6. Bake in greased and floured Bundt cake pan until golden brown and pulling away from edges of pan.

** Makes good muffins too.