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Just as I was about to start cooking,
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Eddie handed me some mail
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that I got from one of my precious closest friends,
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And she sent me some pictures,
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the last time we were together.
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And she also enclosed the,
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what did she call that?
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I think she called that a...
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- [Eddie] This is kind of like quilting, I guess.
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- I know it. I know it.
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But she's using it, she's making 'em as a coaster.
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And look at the dish towels she made.
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I love and miss you, Donna.
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They lived here in Savannah for the longest time,
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and then Curtis decided to retire,
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so I don't get to see her much.
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But when I go to Paula Deen's Family Kitchen
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in Pigeon Forge, this is Donna and that's Curtis.
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And that's my whole entire family, like my immediate family.
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It's gotten a little bigger.
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I took 'em up there for Thanksgiving at our restaurant
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and we had a wonderful time.
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I miss you, miss you, miss you.
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And oh look, this is fellow grandson.
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How cute. How cute is he?
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Our children are growing like weeds, Donna.
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All right, I'm gonna put this away
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'cause I don't wanna get it messed up,
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'cause I wanna share with y'all,
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Easter is approaching us
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and you know I like doing things like this.
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I'm making a loaded banana bread.
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And I have people tell me all the time,
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"Yours is the best banana bread recipe."
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Well, I have to say, I got a bunch of 'em,
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a bunch of different ones.
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So this one, like I said,
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I called it loaded, 'cause it is loaded.
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And I love making banana breads,
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and breads like this that, they're so easy.
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And it's great because you don't wanna overmix 'em.
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So you don't even have to pull out your mixer for these.
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All right, so that is flour and sugar,
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It tried to get away from me, y'all.
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So, you just wanna take your,
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take your little blender to it.
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I didn't get any on you, did I, Eddie?
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'Cause this is just like almost sifting,
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All right, now I'm gonna come over here
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and I'm gonna add our wet ingredients together,
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which is like four bananas that's been mashed,
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Get over here closer, Timmy, you little pig.
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Love you little, love you big, love you like a little pig.
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My precious sister-in-law, Sandy, tell that to me.
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All right, so I've got a couple of eggs,
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and I'll just give those a quick whisk.
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I've got Greek yogurt.
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That Greek yogurt will make it a little moist.
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I've got melted butter.
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And we're just gonna give this a quick mix.
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Now, I'm going to use about half of those nuts inside,
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and then I'll save the rest for the top.
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So you just wanna get this incorporated.
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All righty, that gets every one of our ingredients.
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So I'm just gonna kinda make a little ladle,
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and I'm gonna pour all this
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in and I'm gonna mix it together.
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And like I said, you don't want to overmix it.
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Oops. I was about to forget the vanilla.
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Can't forget the vanilla.
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And we're gonna do like a teaspoon.
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All right, a teaspoon plus.
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All right, so you wanna just mix this until
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you don't see any dry flour in it.
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You want it all moist.
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I'm not seeing any white in it anywhere.
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If y'all see some white, tell me,
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All right, Theresa's already sprayed
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our loaf pan, like a nine by five.
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But you can also, with it being Easter,
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you can always make 'em in those little miniature pans.
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So you can buy the disposable
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at the grocery store or the dollar store,
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and you can, anybody that you wanna share 'em with,
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wrap it up and give it to 'em at Easter.
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This is gonna be a real dense, yummy bread.
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I love anything that says loaded,
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I don't like to use that word on him.
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And thank goodness I don't have to say that very often.
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Okay, so I'm just gonna kinda level that out in the pan.
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And how long we gonna bake this for?
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Lord, I can't remember.
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It's been so long since I formulated this recipe,
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I don't even remember doing it.
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That's how many things are running around
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in this little brain?
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All right, so lemme look.
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or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean,
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- [Theresa] Do you put those on now, or?
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I'm afraid they gonna get too dark.
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So I think I would rather.
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I don't like seeing dark nuts, you know?
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I mean, I can do a few, but I just don't want 'em that dark.
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- We'll put 'em on about 10 minutes after.
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- And how many minutes did it say?
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And we're gonna have a wonderful loaded banana nut bread.
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After 20 minutes, if it's getting too dark,
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you might wanna cover this with a little tin foil,
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especially if you put your nuts
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So I'm just gonna cover this,
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'cause I said I don't like no burnt nuts.
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They just don't put out a good flavor.
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- [Theresa] It's a little hot.
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- I just have to seal that good,
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'cause that fan is so strong
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it'll blow that tenfold right off.
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Okay, look at our pretty loaded
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banana nut loaf, y'all.
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Now, what do y'all like on your banana nut bread?
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Do you like cream cheese?
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- [Theresa] What about you, Eddie?
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- All right, now y'all, I did something
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that I shouldn't have done, I was sorry I did it.
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But I didn't put the nuts on at the beginning
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because I didn't want 'em to get so dark.
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And so, we put 'em on 20 minutes,
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20 minutes after it had baked,
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and of course, by the time it baked 20 minutes,
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So what you need to do
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is just go ahead and put 'em on
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when you put the batter in the pan,
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and then put tin foil over it in about 20 minutes,
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'cause those nuts will get way too dark.
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Eddie, would you eat a piece?
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- [Eddie] Oh, you can do the half.
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Is that what you're saying?
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- [Eddie] I'll get some.
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This makes for a great quick breakfast too,
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running out the door.
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- [Theresa] I might be making this at Easter lunch.
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- Be a wonderful break.
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Mm, I love it crispy outside.
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Love and best dishes, y'all.
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