"Good morning, Sunshine!" My dad would always say in his chiper happy morning-person voice as I zombie-walked through the kitchen. I was NOT a morning person so I either just gave him the death stare or with an ugly snarl I would mutter, "morning" as I imagined crawling back into my cave to hibernate forever. My dad was always the morning person and it seemed no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't change and he loved to poke the fire. Things haven't changed much in adulthood and my husband knows to avoid conversation. However, there are some things that make it a bit more tolerable like strong coffee and homemade Banana Bread!! Oh yum!! Mother to the rescue with the BEST Homemade Banana Bread I have ever eaten. Everything in the early morning still makes me grumpy, but devouring a slice of her Banana Bread with a strong cup of coffee makes it just a little bit better.
My mother, Marsha, has a 1980's cookbook that she cherishes and inside is the Holy Grail of all Banana Bread Recipes.
As I was looking it over I noticed an ingredient I didn't recognize. Oleo. "What the heck is that?" She explained it was a diet butter in the 80's kinda like margarine. It's rarely used today so we just substitute real butter back in, where it should be. 😉 Also, soda means baking soda! It's a good thing she told me that or I would be adding club soda or something! Ha! I'm obviously not a baker. 😆
Another secret we use...over ripe bananas!! Not rotten, but very ripe. 😀
Recipe credit goes to Ann Sellers of the Tuscaloosa Council! Thank you for sharing this recipe and for making my mornings just a bit brighter!
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