Yummy! Everything looks so good, it's making me hungry. My little garden is only giving me purple onions, strawberries, green beans, tomatoes and peppers. The heat is doing everything in here. :(

Thanks for the kind words all. The first slice (the end, my favorite) I kind of went uh-oh, but the next couple slices were pretty darn good if I say so myself. I won't hesitate to make it again but the biggest hassle is waiting for the stupid bananas to over-ripen! When I'm in the mood to bake, I want to bake NOW! :) I might try the other recipe out tonight. Never thought of peanut butter on banana bread but when you think of it peanut butter on bananas is a common thing for a lot of people. I appreciate all the suggestions. I use nothing but unsalted butter these days. I had a batch of frosting that was so salty it wasn't edible and I said that's it. I was buying salted and unsalted and I went, what's the big difference I like them both. When I'm frying in it I usually am adding salt to the food anyway so might as well just buy nothing but unsalted. And no Jasdip, not unsalted Parkay! ;) I also learned years back what a difference pure vanilla (real - not imitation) makes and it sunk in that the little bit you use, the expense isn't significant. I never thought about the difference between bleached and unbleached flour but that's a good point. I have a couple I want to try that use whole wheat flour in it. Maybe I'll come up with a combination that I like better between them all. Be a terrible thing to have to taste test all these recipes, isn't it? :D I'm a cinnamon nut so that gets added along with brown sugar but the caramelized apples sound great. I have some Haralsons here too. But I want to try to follow the recipe as close as I can for the first time, then doctor it up and experiment with it. Grainlady, that pan you mentioned - I might have one of those! In a bunch of stuff I either got from my dad or maybe in some auction stuff but that pan sounds familiar. Wasn't sure what I'd use it for so I don't think it's even in the kitchen. I'll have to check the basement and garage. The other thing I've decided is I probably won't buy brown sugar anymore. Get a jar of molasses and make my own when I need it. Well maybe - let's not rush into this stuff. Lefse season is here and I do like my brown sugar on lefse! Which is something else I want to make soon! And although I'm not too much on pineapple, that Hawaiian recipe does have my tastebuds interested! Guess I need to buy more bananas!

hello I'm about half way done with the top on mine, I will have to take a break becouse we will be moving very soon and I will have to pack up all my sewing stuff. I will hopfully be moved and get my sewing room set up some time in july. then I will have aug to finnish it. I love the picks from last years challenge, the name I have picked out for mine is "supernova", but that is all I will say for now. michelle

Polardream Sue,,, Your block is out in today's mail - so sory for being late on this one.....hope that it arrives real soon - it's gone out by airmail! Best regards, Bill (lockeb)