Yummy Banana Bars

Recipe Rating:	2 Ratings5
Categories:	Cookies, Fruit Desserts, Quick & Easy
Serves:	36 - 1-1 2"x 2" bars
Prep Time:	15 Min
Cook Time:	30 Min

Ingredients

1/2 c	butter, softened
1 c	sugar
1/2 c	milk
1 tsp	vanilla extract
1 tsp	lemon juice
1 1/2 c	unbleached white flour
1/2 tsp	baking soda
1/2 tsp	salt
1 1/2	very ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 c	walnuts or pecans, finely chopped (optional)
GLAZE:
3 c	powdered sugar
1/4 tsp	salt
1/2 tsp	vanilla extract
1/2 tsp	lemon juice
1/2	very ripe banana, mashed
1 Tbsp	butter, melted

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Dee Stillwell

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Citrus Heights, CA (pop. 83,301)

LILLYDEE

Member Since Jun 2010

Dee's Notes:

This is an easy delicious soft banana bar with banana frosting or glaze. I named this recipe Yummy Banana Bars because they are..lol...but I got the recipe(and the pic) off of allrecipes and have been making them for years. I tweaked it by adding more banana and more powdered sugar. I like things with vivid flavor. Since they go fast in my house, I usually double the recipe and bake them in a 12"x18" cookie sheet with 3/4" sides. I have also made then in mini and regular sized muffin tins. You will love these if you love banana.

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9"x12" cake pan with cooking spray. Set aside.

I mixer bowl, cream butter and sugar together. Stir in vanilla, lemon juice and milk.
Stir together dry ingredients in a bowl and add to creamed mixture. Mix until smooth but don't overbeat. Stir in mashed bananas and nuts if desired.
Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth out.
Bake for 25-30 minutes until they test done with a toothpick. Adjust time for muffins. Cool completely in pan.

While bars are baking, whisk together glaze ingredients. Pour or spread glaze onto cooled bars as thin ot thick as desired. You may have extra glaze and when I double the recipe I don't double the glaze. Let set to firm up glaze.(I have been known to sneak a corner while still hot out of the oven..yum) Cut into 12" x 2" bars. Enjoy!

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Wendy Rusch snooksk9

Dec 12, 2010

delicious!

Colleen Sowa colleenlucky7

Dec 12, 2010

Sounds great Dee!

Dee Stillwell LILLYDEE

Dec 13, 2010

thanx...I'm sure u will both love these. They r very easy to make. I have even beaten everything up together with a wire whisk...saves cleaning the mixer. : D

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Dorthy Erlandson no1funcook

Jan 24, 2012

Ok, I'm confused. Is there lemon juice in the bar too? All I see is lemon juice in the glaze ingredients. Your directions has lemon juice added in the bar but it is not in the listed bar ingredients. Please clue me in, I'm trying to make these today. :) Thanks.

Dee Stillwell LILLYDEE

Jan 25, 2012

Dorothy, I am sorry to be so late answering u..Ihaven't been here all day. And yes there is lemon juice in the bars too..I forgot to add that so thanx for catching it. I'm sure they will be fine without it if u didn't add any..I corrected the recipe.

Dorthy Erlandson no1funcook

Jan 26, 2012

Well, I made a different banana cake recipe that I found on Land O lakes website because I needed to use the bananas. I will definitely try this one when I get more ripe bananas they look so good. I thought maybe it had the lemon juice in the bars but it's good to know how much. I'm thinking that it is put in for a buttermilk replacement. I will have to try it. Thanks for responding.

Dee Stillwell LILLYDEE

Jan 27, 2012

In the original recipe it was not used to thicken the milk as in replacment for buttermilk. I think it is just to take the edge off the sweetmess or to add another flavor dimension. Anyway, I hope u try them..they are so easy and delicious.

Rose Selvar potrose

May 30, 2012

Would Yummy Banana Bars suffice for a CAKE recipe? LOL Yes, I am still going through your recipes looking for the PERFECT CAKE recipe to try.... I had saved this recipe before...so I'll print it now and put it in my "hit list". 5/30/12

Dee Stillwell LILLYDEE

May 30, 2012

this is such a great recipe Rose...It makes a shallow cake (bars) but the consistancy is light and fluffy like cake..I usually double the recipe and bake them in a jelly roll pan. if u do this and cut it in half, u can stack it with glaze in between, and make it into a 2 inch high cake. U can make the icing thicker by adding more powdered sugar and butter. Enjoy!

Dee Stillwell LILLYDEE

I tried this recipe and say it's Family Tested & Approved!

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