Banana Coconut Bread

I found a great recipe for delicious banana bread on Simple Recipes. This is a blog where all the recipes are tested by Elise Bauer. She was kind enough to allow me to use her recipe. Check out her blog, you won’t be disappointed. The banana bread came out moist and delicious. I found when baking it’s best to follow the recipes exactly but you can add to them or change certain things. I added a cup of coconut.

Ingredients

3 or 4 ripe bananas

1/3 cup melted butter

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 egg beaten

1 teaspoon baking soda

Pinch of salt

1 ½ cups of flour

1 cup coconut

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Helpful Hints

Preheat the oven to 350 and make sure you have all your ingredients at the ready. Instead of coconut try other ingredients to mix into the banana bread – pecans, chocolate chips, cashews, etc.

Like with any recipe don’t be afraid to make it your own. And always remember to have fun in the kitchen.

© Nadine Zawacki 2013  

Strawberry Shortcake in a Glass

There are so many ways to make strawberry shortcake. I was playing around with the idea and come up with this version. It’s easy to do and I hope you like it.

Ingredients

Pound cake (cubed)
Strawberries (sliced and mixed with a little sugar)
Skor/Toffee bits
Whipping/Heavy Cream
Sugar
Vanilla
Chocolate bar
Red Wine Glass

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Helpful Hints

This dessert tastes best when freshly prepared. You can prepare the strawberries and cube the pound cake ahead of time. Some of your guests might enjoy watching the preparation. Mix your whipped cream when ready to serve or if you like you can use Cool-whip or whipping cream in a can. 

Try different combinations and substitutions. Remember to have fun in the kitchen and don’t be afraid to experiment.

© Nadine Zawacki 2012

Candy Pies

I’ve recently discovered this website called Pinterest. One of the things I love about it is the food section. I found this yummy recipe called, “Kiss Pies,” by Jenny Flake. (Do check out her recipe of the Kiss Pies. She has great pics.) I would like to thank her for allowing me to use her recipe and feature it on my blog. Please visit Jenny’s blog Picky-Palate by clicking HERE. She has wonderful recipes and she’s very creative. You will love it.

I call them Candy Pies because I used other candies besides Hershey Kisses. I hope you enjoy it.

Ingredients:

Pie dough
Candy – Hershey Kisses, Rolos, Peanut butter cups, etc.
Egg – white part only
Water – 1 tablespoon
Sugar

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Helpful Hints:

Heat oven first to 350 then place the pies in the oven for 20-28 minutes. When making the peanut butter cups – place them “largel” side down on the pie shell. Let the pies cool before sprinkling the powdered sugar.

© Nadine Zawacki 2011

Eclair Cake

This dessert is low in sugar, low in fat but best of all it doesn’t taste like it. I first came across this recipe from a friend while living in West Virginia. There are two young ladies who help me when I do these videos. One films and the other helps with clean-up (Thanks Candice and Erica). They both couldn’t wait for me to finish so that they could taste it. They loved it. I hope you love it too.

Ingredients:

3 small packets of Sugar-free vanilla pudding
4 cups of skim milk
1 box of graham crackers
2 8 oz tubs of cool whip
2/3 cups Coco powder
Skim milk
Sugar (to taste)

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Helpful hints: Use a sharp knife to shape graham crackers. You can substitute sugar-free chocolate pudding as a variation (I prefer the vanilla believe it or not.) Don’t cover the éclair cake when you place it in the refrigerator to give the coco topping a chance to adhere to the graham cracker and not to the lid you use to cover.

© Nadine Zawacki 2011