Nana's Cookbook + First Recipe Baked
This week while sorting through our cupboards for my biannual "things" purge I came across my Nana's cookbook. Back in my 20s, after she passed away, I was given her cookbooks. One of them was really fading so I decided to type it up. My dad took that and turned it into a little mini cookbook. There are both dessert and dinner recipes. I've decided, starting this weekend, I am going to cook my way through one recipe at a time over the course of the next 6 months. See what works. Make notes on any adjustments. I am really looking forward to making what she made and using the same recipes she used. So today I tried my hand at her Banana Bread Muffins because I had some ripe bananas that needed to be used. Delicious. I took some creative liberty and added 1/2 cup of chocolate chips and swapped the shortening for butter. They also need 20-25 minutes in the oven, not the 15 minutes in the recipe - the knife did not come out clean at the 15 minute mark. They are flavo