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December 13, 2013 Crafts & DIY

Homemade Gift Ideas: Banana Bread

With so many amazing gift guides out there for girls, guys, babies, the homemaker, the baker, the salt shaker (what!? a little rhyme happy there) we thought we’d throw in a bit of a curveball and offer up the idea of giving homemade gifts! There’s always beautiful projects you can do from Pinterest and amazing blogger ideas, but for another option or for the person who has everything, why not go bananas? Bread of course. Buh-dum-ch. (Bare with me today, it’s 2am and I’m writing this and am beyond ready for bed!)

Grandma's Banana Bread with Free Printable Recipe Tag - Homemade Holiday Gifts - Sypsie Designs

We’ve had a banana bread recipe that’s been in our family for years that’s our go-to. Its a passed-down-by-my-grandma-who-got-it-from-her-grandma kinda thing. Here’s my favorite part: when I asked my mom recently for the recipe she text messaged me pictures of the original recipe on an index card in my grandmas handwriting.

Grandma's Banana Bread with Free Printable Recipe Tag - Homemade Holiday Gifts - Sypsie Designs

Grandma's Banana Bread with Free Printable Recipe Tag - Homemade Holiday Gifts - Sypsie Designs

It might just be me, but I think that’s the sweetest! Don’t worry- we’re not a cooking blog and won’t go through the whole process, but of course we snapped a few pictures of us in action. We followed the directions exactly, but added in our favorite ingredient last- chocolate chips! We’ve experimented with nuts, dried cranberries, raisins, and lots of different things, but the chips are our favorite.

Grandma's Banana Bread with Free Printable Recipe Tag - Homemade Holiday Gifts - Sypsie Designs

Grandma's Banana Bread with Free Printable Recipe Tag - Homemade Holiday Gifts - Sypsie Designs

Grandma's Banana Bread with Free Printable Recipe Tag - Homemade Holiday Gifts - Sypsie Designs

We cooked ours for a little less than an hour since our pan was metal (the recipe was meant for a glass pan) and ta-da! We had our banana bread.

Grandma's Banana Bread with Free Printable Recipe Tag - Homemade Holiday Gifts - Sypsie Designs

After that we let it cool on a rack, which is extremely important since we’re going to wrap it up. (Melted plastic doesn’t scream “Mmm eat me” on any food, but maybe that’s just me)

Grandma's Banana Bread with Free Printable Recipe Tag - Homemade Holiday Gifts - Sypsie Designs

To wrap it, we used kitchen plastic wrap to keep it nice and fresh. Since it’s so pretty by itself, we just added a ribbon and a glittery snowflake ornament for decoration. We thought the ones we hand out would be really cute with an added tag with the recipe as well, so we made a few and you can print them if you’d like below! (Just right click and save!)

Grandma's Banana Bread with Free Printable Recipe Tag - Homemade Holiday Gifts - Sypsie Designs

This recipe is super easy to make and everyone loves some homemade goodness. Plus, it’s perfect for when you have those last two or three over-ripe banana’s that you may just toss otherwise!

Grandma's Banana Bread with Free Printable Recipe Tag - Homemade Holiday Gifts - Sypsie Designs

What do you think? We’d love to hear of anyone else’s homemade traditions for gifts!

Grandma's Banana Bread with Free Printable Recipe Tag - Homemade Holiday Gifts - Sypsie Designs

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  1. Courtney @ A Dash of Coco says

    December 13, 2013 at 11:49 am

    Mmmmm I love banana bread! I’m embarrassed to say that I have never actually made it from scratch, Quick Bred is my bff. But maybe I will have to try this recipe!
    p.s.
    love your new site design!

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    • Sypsie says

      December 13, 2013 at 12:05 pm

      Confession- I rarely follow all of the directions and usually just combine them all in a bowl with a mixer and call it a day haha. So even if you’ve never tried it- it’s pretty fool proof and always turns out great! Aw thanks! It was so hard to narrow down colors and patterns and such but we’re excited about how it ended up : )

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  2. Melissa @ aprudentlife says

    December 13, 2013 at 4:31 pm

    Hey girls! You should come link this up at my first link party. It’s a last minute Christmas party, so the bread would fit right in as a great neighbor gift! http://www.aprudentlife.com/2013/link-party-last-minute-christmas/

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    • Sypsie says

      December 13, 2013 at 5:56 pm

      Love it! We definitely will, thanks! 🙂

      Reply

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