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I grew up on sweet tea at every meal… I can’t remember ever drinking milk at a meal other than breakfast. Never would you open a southern refrigerator and not find a pitcher of sweet tea! I’m not sure how old I was before I realized tea wasn’t always served sweet.

Growing up in South Texas we drank sweet tea all day long, every day.

Sweet tea has been a staple since time began in our family. Even today we kept a pitcher of sweet tea in the refrigerator. We love sweet tea!

When friends and family members come over, they always know there is a pitcher of sweet tea in the refrigerator.

Iced black tea with orange and lemon slices served in mason jars. Close-up

Drinking sweet tea without ice is a “no-no” in south Texas! Sweet tea just doesn’t taste right unless it is chilled with ice. Lukewarm tea is horrible.

If you’re from the South, you probably are wondering why we even need a “recipe” for sweet tea! But guess what, not everyone knows how to make the perfect sweet tea. So I thought I would share how I make sweet tea.

Sweet tea isn’t just a process of stirring a spoonful of sugar into a cold glass of tea. Instead, it is typically made by adding sugar to a quick-brewed black tea while the tea is still hot. Sweet tea is always served ice-cold, and sometimes flavored with lemon.

I have a small saucepan that I have used for years to brew only tea in. The saucepan always sits on the stove… just waiting for the next time I make tea. Then I pour the brewed tea into a gallon pitcher with sugar and stir in. Add cold tap water to fill the pitch and refrigerate.

Basic Ingredients

8 small tea bags (or 2 Family size)
1 gallon water
1 cup sugar
Lemon slices (optional

Fill the saucepan with water and tea bags (pull paper tabs off tea bags). Bring to a boil. Turn off heat and strain tea into 1 gallon pitcher with sugar. The hot tea will dissolve the sugar. Add cold tap water till the pitcher is full and stir. Place in the refrigerator to cool.

Here is a video I made a few years back on making sweet tea.

Let us know how you like your sweet tea or if you like our recipe.

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This quick and easy banana bread recipe taste delicious and is just like grandma’s old fashioned classic banana bread. I have made this recipe for years. The recipe has been passed down for generations in my family.

It takes only 10 minutes or so to make this moist banana bread before putting it in the oven. In addition, this recipe only uses simple ingredients such as flour, eggs, sugar and of course, RIPE bananas.

The key to great banana bread is RIPE bananas! Not green bananas. Not even perfectly yellow bananas. The best bananas (for banana bread) are those bananas that are soft and have lots of small black and brown spots on the yellow banana peel. Unripe green or yellow bananas have too much starch and are not very flavorful. In contrast, ripe bananas are sweeter, softer and have much more delicious banana flavor. Therefore, the best tasting banana breads are made with ripe bananas!!

As you probably know, banana bread is a type of “quick Bread.” Quick breads use baking soda and / or baking powder to rise versus using yeast. Because quick breads rely on baking soda/powder, they rise more quickly than yeast breads. Most banana breads need only 65-70 minutes or so in the oven before they have risen and are fully cooked. Therefore, great tasting and most banana breads are easy and relatively quick to make! They are a perfect dessert or lunch snack.

loaf of banana bread

bread dough ready for oven

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Poured the dough into the 2 bread pans

Mixture ready to pour in pan

Pans greased and floured

added flour to pans

Greased pans

Greased pan

Mixed all ingrediants with a hand mixer

Added Milk to mixture

Measuring milk

I used Just Egg” plant-based egg

Adding flour

Adding baking powder

Mixing

Adding soda

Mixed banana and dry ingredients

Mixing

Adding salt

Mashed bananas

Mashing the ripe bananas.

FYI – This banana bread recipe takes me about 10-15 minutes to prepare and clean up. Please be aware that this is an oven-baked banana bread recipe. It is not made with a bread machine.

Ingredients:

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 eggs or “Just Egg” plant-based egg
1 cup mashed bananas
1/2 cup shortening
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon yeast
1 Tablespoon vinegar plus 1/2 cup of milk

Sift together flour, soda, yeast and salt. cream shortening and sugar into dry ingredients. Add eggs, one at a time and beat until fluffy. Add bananas to mixture. Bake in greased and floured loaf pans at 350 degrees until done.

Equipment needed

Measuring cup and spoons
Measuring cup and spoons
Mixing bowl,
9×5 inch metal bread pan
Oven mitts
Silicon spatula

My family loves this banana bread. They enjoy putting butter on it while it’s still warm. Hope you enjoy this banana bread as much as we do.

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HOW TO MAKE SWEET TEA

I grew up on sweet tea at every meal… I can’t remember ever drinking milk at a meal other than breakfast. Never would you open a southern refrigerator and not find a pitcher of sweet tea! I’m not sure how old I was before I realized tea wasn’t always served sweet.

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