Aunt Olive's Famous Caramel Frosting

Oh yes, this is special. Aunt Olive could pull a family dinner out of the air and whip up a chocolate cake with this frosting on it without you even noticing. She made the best mashed potatoes, too. Her secret was good large potatoes and lots of butter and salt. Anyways, here's the frosting recipe. Great over chocolate cake or cupcakes even. 

Caramel Frosting ala Aunt Olive Beebe Hamilton

1 stick of butter

1/2 cup light brown sugar

1/2 cup dark brown sugar

1/4 cup whole milk

2 cups powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Melt butter in brown sugars over medium heat. Stir constantly until boiling. Add milk. Bring to a boil then remove from heat and add rest of ingredients. Stir and beat until smooth. Use immediately. If it hardens add a few drops of milk and soften over low heat. 

Soak your pan in hot water to clean, it may take a few times but the frosting is worth the messy pan. 

Banana Lumpia from Lynettes house

I'm going to write down exactly how it is in the handwritten cookbook. You kids will appreciate it, I think. Lynette is such a good cook and I have more from her at a later time because it's in a pile I have to get to but here is the Banana Lumpia we all love so much. 

Banana Lumpia sooooo good from Lynettes house

1 bunch of bitty bananas (apple bananas)

1 pkg lumpia wrappers plus patience to peel them apart

dark brown sugar

oil for frying

1) slice nanas lengthwise

2) roll in brown sugar

3) Roll in 1 thin lumpia wrapper. Seal with wet finger in water. 

4)Fry till brown and crunchy

5) Slap Thads hand to keep him out of them till they cool.

6) Smile lovingly at Thad because he badly burned his tongue.