REVIVAL OF THE SUNDAY DINNER

This is Am's last Sunday with us so she'll be doing the Sunday cooking again. Today she made Pot Roast, CheesyAu Gratin Potatoes, Glazed Carrots, Home made Apple Sauce and Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.

MAPLE GLAZED CARROTS1/2 bag baby carrots
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
scant 1/4 cup maple syrup

• Clean carrots and slice diagonally in half.
• Melt butter in skillet.
• Saute' carrots until tender.
• Add brown sugar and cook several minutes, stirring constantly so sugar doesn't burn.
• Add syrup and coat well.
• Cook until syrup is warm and carrots are well coated.

BANANA RAISIN NUT BREAD OR CAKE
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup butter, 1/2 soft & 1/2 melted
2 jumbo eggs
2 tablespoons cinnamon
1/2 cup golden raisins, currants or craisins
1/2 cup crushed walnuts
2 large, RIPE bananas
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

• Combine the melted butter, brown sugar and bananas in a sauce pan.
• Cook until smooth and then add nuts and raisins.
• Stir until well coated & set aside to cool.
• Cream softened butter, sugar and eggs until fluffy.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon.
• Add this to the creamed mixture gradually until well blended.
• Add cooled banana mixture.
• Pour into greased and floured pan(s)*
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45+ minutes.

*This recipe will make 2 large loaves or 1 cake. If making bread, skip the frosting.

FROSTING
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
juice of 1 small lemon
1 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

• In a medium bowl beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.
• Add lemon juice and vanilla. Beat until blended.
• Add powdered sugar gradually until well blended and smooth.
• Refrigerate 1 hour to set icing before serving.

HOME MADE APPLE SAUCE
5 large Apples (I like Pink Lady or Braeburns)
1/2 cup golden raisins
1 can peach nectar (Papaya or pineapple are good too)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup sugar
1 cup water

• In a large sauce pan pour nectar over raisins and let sit while you prepare apples.
• Wash, core, peel and chop apples.
• Add water to sauce pan and stir in sugar until dissolved.
• Add cinnamon and mix well.
• Add apples and cook over medium heat until until apples are tender and mush easily.
• Mush to desired consistency.
• Remove from heat.
• Cool and chill.
• Can be kept in refrigerator for a week though it never lasts that long around here. When my apples are at the height of the season and falling off the tree I make this in huge batches and put it up in canning jars for the following year.