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My Juneteenth Garden | Chicago Botanic Garden

In commemorating Juneteenth this year, we invited Chicago writer Tequia Burt to write about the importance of African American heirloom seeds. Every year in my garden, I grow at least one African American heirloom crop, partly to commemorate Juneteenth. For Black Americans, Juneteenth marks the final liberation of our ancestors held as slaves on June 19, 1865. What better way
— Read on www.chicagobotanic.org/blog/plants_and_gardening/my_juneteenth_garden

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Banana Peanut Butter Top Hats (or how to kill George)

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Banana Peanut Butter Top Hats

Course: Cookie, Dessert
Keyword: christmas, cookie, cookies, cooky
Servings: 3 dozen

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup chunky peanut butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup uncooked quick cooking rolled oats
  • 2 bananas peeled and sliced

Instructions

  • Cream butter and peanut butter; add sugar gradually, beating until fluffy.
  • Beat in eggs and vanilla.
  • Add flour, baking powder and soda, mixing until well blended.
  • Stir in rolled oats.
  • Set aside 1 cup of dough.
  • Drop remaining dough by teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheets.
  • Lightly press banana slice on top of each cookie; then cover with a small amount of reserved dough.
  • Bake in a preheated 375° oven for 10 minutes.
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Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

What I find most interesting about this version of the Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake recipie is how it differs from the current official version on the Hellmann’s website. The current version has less flour, less mayonnaise and adds 3 eggs.

Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake
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CHOCOLATE MAYONNAlSE CAKE

Delicious cake that stays tender and moist to the last slice. And so easy to make. Whole-egg Hellmann’s replaces both eggs and shortening.
Cook Time3 minutes
Course: after church coffee hour, cake, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake, chocolate cake

Ingredients

  • 3 cups un-sifted all-purpose flour
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 2¼ tsp baking powder
  • 1½ tsp baking soda
  • 1½ cups HELLMANN'S Real Mayonnaise
  • ½ cups water
  • 1½ teaspoons vanilla

Instructions

  • Grease 2 {9” x 1 ½”) layer pans; line bottom with waxed paper.
  • Sift together dry ingredients into large bowl.
  • Stir in Real Mayonnaise.
  • Gradually stir in water and vanilla until smooth and blended.
  • Pour into prepared pans. Bake in 350° F. (moderate) oven about 30 minutes or until cake tests done.
  • Cool completely.
  • Remove from pans.
  • Makes 2 layers.