Spicy Banana Bars Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sift together.flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice.
• Cream -- together butter. Add banana; blend throughly.
• Blend in -- egg; beat well.
• Add -- the dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Blend throughly after each addition. (With electric mixer use a low speed).
• Stir in -- pecans.
• Spread -- in well-grease and lightly floured 13X9x2-inch pan.
• Bake -- in moderate oven (350) 22 to 25 minutes. Frost while warm.
• Note: If you use Pillsbury's Best Self-Rising Flour, omit baking powder, salt and soda.
• Lemon Frosting: Mix butter, water, and lemon juice and stir in confectioners' sugar. Thin with additional hot water, a little at a time, if necessary.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in the eggs, bananas and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into creamed mixture just until blended., Transfer to a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack., For frosting, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth. Frost bars.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches, with shortening. In large bowl, mix granulated sugar, bananas, oil and eggs with spoon. Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Spread in pan.
• Bake bars 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, in medium bowl, mix cream cheese, butter and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until blended. Gradually beat in powdered sugar with spoon, scraping bowl occasionally, until smooth and spreadable.
• Spread cooled bars with Cream Cheese Frosting. For bars, cut into 6 row by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

Steps:

• Cream sugar and shortening.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
• Pour into a greased 9 x 13 pan and bake at 375° for 25- 30 min or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Spread the glaze over the top while still hot.
• Glaze.
• Mix butter, water, and lemon juice well. Add enough powdered sugar to make thin glaze(a little thicker than gravy).

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Mix sugar, sour cream, butter, and eggs in a large bowl using an electric mixer on low speed for 2 to 3 minutes. Scrape bowl and add bananas, vanilla extract, and rum flavoring; beat well.
• Combine flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg in a bowl; mix well. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture and beat on medium speed until well mixed, 1 to 2 minutes. Fold in chocolate chips. Spread batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 13"X9" pan.
• Cream together margarine and sugar.
• Beat in the egg.
• Stir in banana.
• Stir in the milk.
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, and nuts (if using).
• Stir into creamed mixture.
• Spread in the pan.
• Bake 20-25 minutes at 350F.
• until golden brown.
• Frosting: Melt margarine.
• Stir in icing sugar and lemon juice.
• Stir in water, 1 tsp.
• at a time, to get a good spreading consistency.
• Spread over warm bars.
• Cool completely.
• Cut into bars.