with Holiday baking!!!!  I love it, I really do, but it is nice to be finished with all the things I needed to bake for – one more thing off the list.  Wednesday, Lily and I baked all day long. 

 First, we made spritz cookies (the little sugar cookie trees).  I think we made over a hundred of them by the time we were done, but they are so yummy and so simple!!  I would post the recipe, but you have to have a cookie press to make them, and the Wilton's press I have, comes with a great recipe.

Then we made Chocolate Peppermint cookies, using the Oreo cookie recipe, but putting in some Andes Peppermint chips – so good!!

Lastly, we made banana bread to give away to our postman and a few friends.  This is a recipe I will post, as it is so good and so simple!!  It even won an award once :).  Happy Baking!!

Mom’s Banana Bread

½ cup butter/margarine

1 cup sugar

3 ripe bananas (pealed and mashed)

2 well beaten eggs

1 ¼ cup flour (sifted)

½ t. salt

1 t. baking soda

Cream margarine and sugar; add bananas and eggs.  Sift flour, salt and baking soda, and add to banana mixture.  Blend well.  Pour into well-greased loaf pans.  (Oh, I always add in some chocolate chips right before I put them in the oven.)  Bake at 350 degrees for 45 min. to 1 hr, depending on the size of the pan.

I usually make 3 mini loaves, and they take about 40-45 minutes.  Or you can make one large loaf that bakes for about 1 hour- 1 hour 10 minutes.  Use a toothpick to test if it is done.

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