Sunday, April 21, 2013
Our priests are the best!
This is my best friend and she is awesome!
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Poor baby rocks
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Crazy for Banana Bread!
So lately my parents have been buying bananas like there is NO TOMORROW. Its insane. we have so many and most of the time they go bad or we blend them to make delicious smoothies, but my mom gave me the idea to make some more banana bread (like I did a couple of weeks ago)
So of course I headed on over to pinterest (my favorite website ever) and looked up banana bread and didn't find any recipes that I liked. SO then I had the brilliant idea to search chocolate chip banana bread and I came out victorious! I found this amazing recipe and thought, "well I HAVE to try it now!"
What I didn't realize was how HUGE this recipe was, but I guess I should have because it called for 5 eggs, 2 cups of sugar, 3 cups of flour, 2 sticks of butter and 8, yes EIGHT mashed bananas!! hahaha well anyway, long story short, I start to make this and all the sudden the bowl on my kitchen aid is ALMOST FULL. I had maybe one inch of extra room. So i ended up making two big loaves AND three small loaves to give away!
And so I added my chocolate chips and peacans and let them bake! and let me just tell you, this recipe is a WINNER!!!!! YUM YUM.
and here is the recipe:
Yield=2 large loaves
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup buttermilk (I used 2% milk)
5 eggs (I use 4)
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 quart mashed bananas, about 8 (ripe to overripe)
3 cups sifted flour (I never sift)
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. table salt
1 cup nuts &/or 1 cup of choc chips
1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Butter two loaf pans. (I used PAM)
2. In a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Meanwhile, in a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
4. With the mixer on low, add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Add the vanilla, buttermilk and THEN bananas.
5. Add the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Divide batter between the two prepared pans. Bake for approximately 1 hour.
6. Remove from oven and turn loaves out onto cooling rack immediately. Let cool.
and here is the recipe:
Yield=2 large loaves
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup buttermilk (I used 2% milk)
5 eggs (I use 4)
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 quart mashed bananas, about 8 (ripe to overripe)
3 cups sifted flour (I never sift)
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. table salt
1 cup nuts &/or 1 cup of choc chips
1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Butter two loaf pans. (I used PAM)
2. In a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Meanwhile, in a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
4. With the mixer on low, add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Add the vanilla, buttermilk and THEN bananas.
5. Add the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Divide batter between the two prepared pans. Bake for approximately 1 hour.
6. Remove from oven and turn loaves out onto cooling rack immediately. Let cool.
and if you want to see the recipe on the original website, you can find it here.
XOXO,
Maddy
Monday, December 10, 2012
Chaos is ALMOST over...
Hello!
It has been a while since I have been on here! I know I post some things here and there from my phone, but it has been too long! Here is a list of all the crazy things that have been going on!
1. COLLEGE APPLICATIONS (glad to report, they are all DONE and SENT IN! Waiting to hear back!)
2. The Holidays and all the fun that comes with that.
3. Finishing Personal Progress! (I am happy to say I finished on Sunday!)
4. Passing off all my scripture masteries for seminary (as of 10 Dec 2012 I have 4 more! A record!)
5. Finishing the New Testament (also for seminary)
6. Organizing activities for the YW and Laurel class and doing all my secretarial duties!
It has been a CRAZY few months!
I just wanted to write about it because today I had the most amazing experience. I was able to attend Brenden G's Baptism and it touched my heart so much. I so needed to be thee to hear the wonderful speakers and to see him commit himself to the Lord. I know he is only going to go so far from here on out and he is so ready. Before he was baptized, there were two speakers, Brother Alex Wither (I Think) and Brother Griener.
Brother Alex W spoke about how Heavenly Father loves us and WHY he loves us. It was remarkable the things of which he spoke. I was impressed that he had absolutely no notes and spoke with such eloquence.
Brother Griener, who teaches institute, spoke on the 10 reasons he joined the church. I can not even begin to describe how blown away I was by how he spoke. He was just amazing. The spirit testified to me that the church IS true when he spoke. I was just intrigued at the way he spoke and what he spoke of. Some of my favorite points he made were A) we are the only church with the name "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. and B) We Have the Priesthood, oh and C) Temples, but most importantly D) Living Prophets, but the best E) the youth. He asked Aliza A, Mikayala W, Hannah S and I to come up and recite the YW theme and it was so powerful. He knew SO much about everything he spoke about it blew me away. He would quote scripture like he was reading it with no notes and knew quotes from prophets and apostles as if he were standing with them conversing. I am just speechless.
I knew that I needed to be there tonight for a reason and I knew that I needed to support Brenden. He has so much potential and I know he is going to grow so much in the church. His Baptism is only the beginning and I have such high hopes for him.
And as for tomorrow, another crazy day. I am privileged to start my day off at 5:30 in Sister Farrell's seminary class and then off to school. I have a government test and then anatomy class (which should be interesting). After School I have 30 minutes to squeeze in scripture reading and swap cars with my mom and then golf practice! Then I am headed down to carlsbad to go to the Missionary transfer meeting and then rushing back home to make it in time for the youth-senior dinner I have been planning with the laurel presidency and all the other Youth presidencies. Ahhh, What the teenage years are like. I can't wait for my two weeks off. It will be a well needed rest. And now I must sleep, so that I can function tomorrow.
XOXO,
Maddy
It has been a while since I have been on here! I know I post some things here and there from my phone, but it has been too long! Here is a list of all the crazy things that have been going on!
1. COLLEGE APPLICATIONS (glad to report, they are all DONE and SENT IN! Waiting to hear back!)
2. The Holidays and all the fun that comes with that.
3. Finishing Personal Progress! (I am happy to say I finished on Sunday!)
4. Passing off all my scripture masteries for seminary (as of 10 Dec 2012 I have 4 more! A record!)
5. Finishing the New Testament (also for seminary)
6. Organizing activities for the YW and Laurel class and doing all my secretarial duties!
It has been a CRAZY few months!
I just wanted to write about it because today I had the most amazing experience. I was able to attend Brenden G's Baptism and it touched my heart so much. I so needed to be thee to hear the wonderful speakers and to see him commit himself to the Lord. I know he is only going to go so far from here on out and he is so ready. Before he was baptized, there were two speakers, Brother Alex Wither (I Think) and Brother Griener.
Brother Alex W spoke about how Heavenly Father loves us and WHY he loves us. It was remarkable the things of which he spoke. I was impressed that he had absolutely no notes and spoke with such eloquence.
Brother Griener, who teaches institute, spoke on the 10 reasons he joined the church. I can not even begin to describe how blown away I was by how he spoke. He was just amazing. The spirit testified to me that the church IS true when he spoke. I was just intrigued at the way he spoke and what he spoke of. Some of my favorite points he made were A) we are the only church with the name "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. and B) We Have the Priesthood, oh and C) Temples, but most importantly D) Living Prophets, but the best E) the youth. He asked Aliza A, Mikayala W, Hannah S and I to come up and recite the YW theme and it was so powerful. He knew SO much about everything he spoke about it blew me away. He would quote scripture like he was reading it with no notes and knew quotes from prophets and apostles as if he were standing with them conversing. I am just speechless.
I knew that I needed to be there tonight for a reason and I knew that I needed to support Brenden. He has so much potential and I know he is going to grow so much in the church. His Baptism is only the beginning and I have such high hopes for him.
And as for tomorrow, another crazy day. I am privileged to start my day off at 5:30 in Sister Farrell's seminary class and then off to school. I have a government test and then anatomy class (which should be interesting). After School I have 30 minutes to squeeze in scripture reading and swap cars with my mom and then golf practice! Then I am headed down to carlsbad to go to the Missionary transfer meeting and then rushing back home to make it in time for the youth-senior dinner I have been planning with the laurel presidency and all the other Youth presidencies. Ahhh, What the teenage years are like. I can't wait for my two weeks off. It will be a well needed rest. And now I must sleep, so that I can function tomorrow.
XOXO,
Maddy
Friday, November 23, 2012
BANANA BREAD!
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 6 mashed medium overripe bananas
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan. (My 9×5 pan is currently scratched out of commission and so I used two 8×5 pans which you can also do, but I prefer the one big 9×5 loaf.)
- In a large bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, use an electric mixer to cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten, do not over-mix. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.
I made this today and it is SO GOOD. Moist, yet crunchy. Delicious.
XOXO,
Maddy
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