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 flavourful and moist and we will most definitely make these ones again. 10/10

These are also kid approved, and in this house it's the gold stamp since they are such picky eaters!  

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