stuff to do with old bananas

I typed that into Google.  Seriously.

I came upon a website where someone just typed it in and a gazillion people typed in their recipes.  To whoever you are out there that posted the "banana drops,"  thank you.  You're a genius.

I just get sick of making banana bread and I can only eat so much of it... Sometimes I get sick of feeding my co-workers food, too (Sorry, guys.  I know you enjoy it.)

This is what I made...

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 large ripe bananas, in chunks
• 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon soda
• 1 cup raisins (or chocolate chips!!)

Beat butter with sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in bananas. Stir in remaining ingredients until well combined. Drop by level tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart. Bake at 375º for 15-18 minutes. Makes 40.

I also put 1/4 cup of ground flax seed in it, too.  I've got some from when I made granola and am trying to "sneak" it into stuff.

Creamed butter and sugar - adding bananas

Add your egg...

Thoroughly mix flour, soda, salt into wet ingredients...

Mix your oats in well...

Add some ground flax seed - it's good for you!

Add your extras (chocolate chips, nuts, raisins, whatevs)

Had to show off my little stand and stylus for the iPad along with the app I use ;)

These things are awesome, seriously.  I think next time I'll try to be a bit healthier and put some chopped walnuts or something in them instead of chocolate chips.  Maybe I'll put both in.  :)

Not recipes, but....

I've been making sock monkeys for a few months now...

It started when I got a sewing machine, then I decided I was going to try to make something after I'd had the thing for well over a year.

I made a sock monkey for my manager (he loves monkeys)

He and his wife found that they were expecting a little girl she asked me to make them a little monkey.

I couldn't find any red-heel socks anywhere.  I know they come in pinks and blues, too.  These socks I found turned out just fine.

For Tillie

For Jaxon

They take quite sometime to make..  Usually about 3 - 4 hours.  I was asked by a co-worker to make one for his daughter's birthday coming up on the 14th.  He asked me to make it "extra special" but I wasn't really sure how to do that.  I found a cute iron on design and started to put it on the sock...  I couldn't figure out why it wasn't sticking to the material.

Duh, Beth.  You need to peel the plastic off the backside.  Oy.

Now how do I get it to stick to the sticky tape side to iron on?  Butter knife and tweezers.  I should have read the directions the whole way through before starting...  What a pain!  HA :)

The ears, arms and tail are sewed on by hand.  I was never a very skilled seamstress :P

Here she is finished: