Banana Bread

1 cube butter

1 1/2 c flour

1/2 c whole wheat flour

1 t salt

1 1/2 t baking powder

3/4 c sugar

2 eggs

3 overripe bananas, mashed with a fork

1 t vanilla

1/2 chopped pecans

1/2 c shredded dried coconut

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9x5 loaf pan.

Mix dry ingredients together. In mixer, cream butter, eggs, and bananas. Stir this mixture into dry ingredients just enough to combine (It will be slightly lumpy.) Gently stir in nuts, coconut, and vanilla.

Pour batter into the loaf pan and bake for 45 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Do not overcook. Cook on rack for 15 min before removing from pan. I don't usually like banana bread, but I like this one.

Cheree's Pizza Dough

1 cup warm water

1 T yeast

1 t sugar

1 t salt

2 t olive oil

2 1/2 c flour

Mix water, sugar and yeast together. Let sit 5 minutes until frothy. Add 1 cup of flour. Mix well with a wire whisk. Add salt and oil. Stir well. Add remaining flour and stir with a wooden spoon. Knead a few minutes. Cover and set aside until ready to add toppings (at least 5 min.)

Heat oven to 425 degrees. Use a rolling pin to make a 16" circle. Place on pizza stone. Make your pizza. Bake for 12-20 minutes or until cheese is golden and bubbly. I really like this recipe because you can have yummy homemade pizza in an hour.

Pumpkin Bread

1 15 oz can of pumpkin

1 cup oil

2 eggs

2/3 c water

3 c sugar

3 1/2 c flour

2 t baking soda

1 1/2 t salt

1 t cinnamon

1 t nutmeg

1/2 t cloves

1/4 t ground ginger

In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin, eggs, oil, water, and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just blended. Pour into three greased loaf pans.

Bake at 350 for about 50 min, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Poppy Seed Bread

3 c flour

2 1/3 cup sugar

1 1/2 t salt

1 1/2 t baking powder

2 eggs

1 1/2 T poppy seeds

1 1/2 c milk

1 1/2 c oil

1/2 t vanilla

1/2 t butter flavoring

1/2 t almond extract

Mix all ingredients together. Pour into two lightly greased baking pans. Bake at 325 for one hour, or until fork inserted into the middle of a loaf comes out clean. Allow bread to cool completely before removing from pans.