Like Muffin Tops?

No, not the kind that hang over jeans, but rather the best part of the muffin! Well, if you do, I may have found an easy recipe for banana muffin tops. I was trying to make 'Banana-Bender's Cookies' but they turned out more like muffin tops then cookies. They were still tasty though, so here's the recipe if you want to try them out. They are super quick and easy to make:

Ingredients:
1/2 stick butter
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups flour, sifted
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs, well beaten
2 cups of ripe mashed banana
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees, and remember to grease the baking sheet! Cream the butter and sugar. Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt together and fold it into the butter-sugar mixture. Mix in the eggs, bananas, and nuts. Bake for 20-25mins (I'd lean towards 20mins to be on the safer side).

And voila! Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Tomoji!

September is full of many birthdays, including Tomoji's. Happy Birthday to the world's oldest man! Guess it is time for me to cut out those snacks, and start drinking my milk!

p.s. Shout out to my birthday girls this month: The madre, Roya, Kacie, Xtina, Sheila...and anyone else I may have missed!

Not Quite a CUPcake

I've heard that the term "cupcake" comes from the 1 cup measurement of ingredients used to make the delicious treats. However 4 cups of flour (and 3 sticks of butter) later, I was able to create this over-sized cupcake above.

I had been waiting to make this thing, and was quite pleased with the results! Hopefully I'll have excuses to make more in the future; maybe with new cake recipes too :)