Best Banana Muffins EVER!

These are SO SO moist, rich and dense...pretty much like a dessert! Enjoy:)

BANANA MUFFINS

2 1/4 cups all purpose or white whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup melted butter
2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 large extra ripe bananas (peeled and mashed)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped

In a large bowl, sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, mix the butter and brown sugar. Stir in the eggs, then add the bananas. Stir in the vanilla.

Combine the liquid mixture with the dry ingredients, stirring together only until mixed. Stir in chopped nuts.

Transfer the batter into greased muffin cups, filling 2/3 full.

Bake in a 350°F oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a center comes out clean.

Makes 18 to 20 muffins.

Grandma Hazel’s Bread (10 loaves)

4-5 HEAPING cups flour
2 cups sugar
4 TBS salt
1 cup shortening (lard) I use butter
8 cups warm water
2 HEAPING TBS yeast

Combine all ingredients. If the dough is still a little sticky add 1/2 cup or so flour. Let it raise. Put into loaf pans and let it raise again. Cook for 40 minutes at 350. Enjoy!

Banana Bread

3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to ¾ cup)
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
Pinch of salt
1 ½ cup of all-purpose flour

No need for a mixer for this recipe. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.

Zucchini Bread

3 C Flour
3 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
Mix the above in a bowl.

Mix the following in your mixer til it's creamy.
3 eggs
2 C sugar
1 Tbs vanilla
1 c oil

Combine both mixtures and ad 2 cups of shredded zuccini.
Bake at 325 for 45 minutes to 1 hour.