Raspberry Pretzel Salad

8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 small can crushed pineapple, drained
½ cup sugar
12 oz. Cool Whip
12 oz. pkg. frozen raspberries or strawberries, thawed and drained

Mix cream cheese, sugar, and Cool Whip together really well. Fold in pineapple and raspberries. Refrigerate.

1 cup broken pretzels
½ cup melted butter
½ cup sugar

Mix these 3 ingredients together in a cake pan. Press in pan. Bake at 350° for 7 minutes. Allow to completely cool and then break into little pieces. Add to Cool Whip mixture just before serving.

BEST EVER Banana Bread

1 cup butter
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
3 cups sour cream
4 tsp. soda
2 tsp. vanilla
4-5 mashed bananas
1 tsp. salt
5 c. flour
1 pkg chocolate chips (optional)
chopped walnuts (optional)

Cream together the butter, sugar and eggs. Mix together in a separate bowl, the sour cream and soda. Let stand until foamy. Stir the sour cream mixture into the banana mixture. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Place in 4 greased and floured 9x5 in. bread pans. Bake 350° for 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. You may need to lightly cover the loaves with a piece of tinfoil the last 20 minutes to keep it from getting too dark. This recipe can be halved.