Coconut and Chocolate Cookies

I made cookies for the boys at work.  Some of them were cut using a cookie cutter.  The others were rolled.

Ingredients:

3 x cups of flour, plain

2 x teaspoons baking powder

1 ½ cups sugar

2 x eggs

½ cup butter

2 x teaspoons vanilla essence

Method:

Preheat the oven.

In a bowl, mix the flour and baking powder together.

In another bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Beat the eggs and vanilla and add to the butter and sugar.

Slowly add the flour mixture.

When it forms a stiff dough divide into 4 parts.

Roll each part out using a rolling pin.

Cut out shapes using a cookie cutter.

Place on lightly greased baking trays.

Bake for 10 mins

Please note:

For the coconut cookies add 1/2 cup coconut.

For the chocolate cookies add 4 tablespoons coco.

Banana Bread

Banana bread is a type of quick bread that contains mashed ripe bananas. Banana bread is often a moist, sweet, cake-like bread which typically uses baking soda as the leavening agent instead of yeast; however, there are some banana bread recipes that are traditional-style yeast breads

Ingredients:

125g Margarine

1 x Cup sugar

2 x Eggs

2 – 3 Banana’s, mashed (Over ripe)

2 x cups Flour

1 Teaspoon Baking Powder

1 x Teaspoon Bi-carb of Soda

Method:

Cream the butter and sugar.

Add the eggs one at a time.

Add the banana and vanilla

Fold in the dry ingredients

Bake at 180 for 45 mins.