Easy Banana Bread

Someone gave me a bag full of ripe bananas, so I tripled the following recipe, and it turned out good. Then, I made another loaf using almond extract instead of vanilla. It was perfect, because I had a canister of self-rising flour that I didn't know what to do with. So I turned 12 ripe bananas into four loaves.

1 1/2 cups self rising flour
3 mashed bananas
2 eggs
1/2 stick butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup sugar

Combine butter, eggs, and sugar and mix well. Add banana, flour and vanilla and mix.

Bake at 325 for one hour

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sometimes I omit the choc-chips in a few cookies for fun.

Preheat the oven to 375 F. Grease or line 2 cookie sheets

Whisk together:
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Beat in a large bowl until well blended:
1/2 cup (1 stick) softened butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar

Add and beat until well combined:
1 large egg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Stire in the flour mixture until well blended and smooth,
Stir in:
1 cup chocolate chips

Drop the dough by heaping teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto the cookie sheets. Bake, 1 sheet at a time, until the cookies are just slightly colored on top and the edged are brown, 8-10 minutes. Let stand briefly, then remove to a rack to cool.