I made these delicious bars from the 2000 Taste of Home Annual Recipes cookbook. I hadn't made them for years and I had forgotten how good they are. I served them to our Small Group and sent a bunch of them to work with Mr. SBQ. Some of the responses were - "Oh my gosh - those are awesome"; "what a treat"; "delicious"; "YUM"; "so awesome, so awesome". And, Little C said the banana flavor was really good. :)
The nice thing is that they are pretty easy and serve a lot of people!
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| Frosted Banana Bars |
I have included the link to the recipe, and the recipe straight from Taste of Home's website.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 medium ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 cup)
- FROSTING:
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3-3/4 to 4 cups confectioners' sugar
Directions
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, sour cream and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Stir in bananas.
- Spread into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean (do not overbake). Cool.
- For frosting, in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until fluffy. Gradually beat in enough confectioners' sugar to achieve desired consistency. Frost bars. Store in the refrigerator. Yield: 3-4 dozen.
Nutritional Facts1 serving (1 each) equals 148 calories, 7 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 28 mg cholesterol, 96 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.
Originally published as Frosted Banana Bars in Taste of Home June/July 2000, p33
Nutritional Facts1 serving (1 each) equals 148 calories, 7 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 28 mg cholesterol, 96 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.
