Small packages deliver the most heartfelt messages.
When this loaf of homemade banana bread arrived in our studio recently,
we just couldn’t resist capturing a photo of the warm, nurturing feeling it
seemed to bring to our little world. Wrapped up in a buttery gold satin ribbon, it seemed to hold the very
essence of love beneath its simple transparent wrap. Someone had cared enough to bake a simple loaf of love and
embellish it in the grandest style and we were blessed by this gracious act of
giving.
With the approaching season of gift-giving, this humble loaf
was a silent reminder of the beauty of simplicity. This little package would
overshadow the showiest, most glittery gift or ornament of the season. It was a recipe made with love, care
and time and the absolute splendor of it just took our breath away for a few
moments.
You can only imagine how divine it was when we took our
first bite! Yum. It was so good
we just had to share the recipe with you.
This is a special recipe and we hope it is a reminder that "YOU are a special recipe made by God." Like this simple loaf of banana bread, you've been tenderly created with love and wrapped in ribbons of grace. And "oh, what a flavor you are!" (© Ann Embry-1999)
Celebrating the simple things,
The Velvet Lime Girls
Rose’s Banana Bread
3 or 4 very ripe bananas
1 cup of sugar
1 egg
1 ½ cup of flour
¼ cup of melted butter
1 tsp. baking soda
I tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
Mash bananas with fork or potato masher. Stir in remaining
ingredients. Pour into a buttered loaf pan. Bake 1 hour at 325.
P.S. Thank-you to Laura's mother, Rose Skinner, for the recipe and to Laura Belle Skinner, Laura's sister-in-law, who baked this lovely loaf of banana bread.
P.S. Thank-you to Laura's mother, Rose Skinner, for the recipe and to Laura Belle Skinner, Laura's sister-in-law, who baked this lovely loaf of banana bread.
