Banana Walnut Raisin Bread

When I was a little girl, my mom used to sell
Banana Walnut Raisin Cakes.

I can fondly remember having to be still for an hour while the cake was baking so it wouldn't fall. She used to cut out brown paper bags to line the cake pans.

I tweaked a favorite banana nut bread recipe as an homage to my mom's cake.

I got the recipe from my Fannie Farmer Cook Book. A must for any cook's library.

This is super easy to make. It is a great way to get rid of overripe bananas!

I love it because it is HEAVY, moist & dark.



Mix Bananas & Eggs



Seperate Bowl for Dry Ingredients

Add Baking Soda



Add Salt



Add Sugar



Add Dry to Wet Ingredients



Mix Well



Chopped Walnuts & Golden Raisins



Nuts & Raisins Coated with Flour



Gently Mix in Coated Nuts & Raisins



Add Batter to Loaf Pan




Ingredients

3 ripe bananas, well mashed
2 eggs, well beaten
2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
1/2 cup raisins (we love golden)
1 tbsp flour (set aside)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease loaf pan (we used pan ease). Mix bananas & eggs together in a large bowl.

Combine flour, sugar, salt & baking soda in a seperate bowl.

Stir in the flour mixture.
(don't use a mixer...overhandling the dough will make it tough)

Coat the chopped walnuts & raisins with the tbsp of flour.
This will prevent them from sinking to the bottom of your batter.

Put the batter in the pan and bake for 1 hour. REmove from pan to a cooling rack. Serve still warm or cooled as you like it.

Criss Cross Apple Crowns

This was a recipe which I prepared often during my days as a Pampered Chef Kitchen Consultant.

















Scoop the mixture & Place in Center of Dough Circle



Gather the edges & form a "beggar's purse"










Criss Cross Apple Crowns

4 small Granny Smith apples
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup raisins
3 tablespoon all purpose flour
1 tablespoon ground Cinnamon, divided
3/4 cup sugar, divided
1 package (17.3 ounce) grand-size flaky or buttermilk biscuits (8 biscuits)
1 package (10.2 ounce) grand-size flaky or buttermilk biscuits (5 biscuits)
1 tablespoon butter or margarine, melted
Vanilla ice cream or thawed, frozen whipped topping (optional)
Caramel ice cream topping (optional)

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Peel, core and slice apples. Place apples, walnuts, raisins, flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 cup sugar in a bowl and mix well. Microwave apple mixture on high 3 minutes or until hot. Mix well. Separate 12 biscuits and place on cutting board.

Roll each biscuit into a 5" disk, flouring dough as needed. Arrange biscuits in a single layer on clean, flat surface.

Combine remaining sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of mixture over biscuits. Divide apple mixture evenly onto center of each biscuit; gather up edges over filling, pinching to seal. Microwave butter about 15 seconds or until melted.

Holding each biscuit at sealed end, dip each biscuit into butter, then into remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture. Place biscuits, seam side down, into muffin pan. Do not press down into cup! Using a serrated bread knife, cut through top of each biscuit, making a crisscross pattern.

Bake 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan.

If desired, serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzle with caramel sauce.

Yield: 12 servings.







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