Great American Brand Name Recipes Cookbook

This is a cookbook from which we have tried a number of recipes, including the chicken dish from the previous post. When my younger daughter gets the urge to cook, it's always the first book she pulls out of my collection. Last weekend she made this raisin pie then I prepared the banana bread a few days later. Both were very good!

Raisin Sour Cream Pie

¾ cup sugar

2 tablespoons cornstarch

¼ teaspoon salt

2 eggs, beaten

2 cups dairy sour cream

1 cup raisins

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 (9-inch) pie shell, baked, or crumb crust

In top of double boiler, blend together sugar, cornstarch and salt. In small bowl, combine beaten eggs, 1 ½ cups of the sour cream, the raisins and lemon juice. Stir into sugar mixture. Set over hot, not boiling, water and cook until thick, stirring frequently. Pour into baked pie shell. When cool, top with remaining ½ cups sour cream. Chill several hours.

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon baking soda

1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 3 small)

½ cup shortening

2 eggs

1 cup mini chocolate chips

½ cup chopped walnuts

Grease bottom only of 9x5x3-inch loaf pan; set aside. Combine all ingredients except mini chocolate chips and walnuts in large mixer bowl; blend well on medium speed. Stir in mini chocolate chips and walnuts. Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350º for 60 to 70 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.