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Frosted Banana Bars

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I always have 2 overripe bananas. Always! This recipe is the perfect answer to what to do with those two bananas!

Ingredients

  • FOR THE BARS:
  • ½ cups Butter
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 3 whole Eggs
  • 1-½ cup Ripe Bananas, Mashed
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • _____
  • FOR FROSTING:
  • ½ cups Butter
  • 8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese, Softened
  • 4 cups Confectioners Sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

Preparation

For the BARS:

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
Beat in eggs, bananas, and vanilla.
Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.
Add to creamed mixture and mix well.
Pour into a greased 15×10×1 pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

For FROSTING:

Cream butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl.
Gradually add confectioners’ sugar and vanilla.
Beat well.
Spread over bars.

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beccathebaker on 3.4.2010

Oh my goodness–
this is soooooooooooo delicious!
Thank you for posting this recipe!
: )

xoxo.

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tcblack on 10.14.2009

Easy and delicious! This recipe is definitely a keeper. I added a little extra banana and did not use all of the frosting. They were perfect!

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pattyhans on 8.29.2009

oh, yummy! I just put these out for some guys that were over helping my husband hang siding and shore up the foundation on our old farmhouse – they just disappeared! Definitely a recipe to keep handy, since I always have a couple bananas left, too.

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cntrycook4 on 8.22.2009

Oh my gosh. THank you, I had this recipe a few years ago when I helped take care of an older lady and I made it alot. When we got burned out on them I put the recipe away and I have searched every site I can find to get this. Thank you!! I”m making this tonite,
Will it be too sinful to eat the entire batch myself? I could you know.

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WestieMom on 4.10.2015

Yes – I ALWAYS have two over-ripe bananas sitting there waiting to be used and this is a completely delicious way to use them! Love, love, love the moist cake texture of these bars and they cut and serve beautifully, too. My daughter & son-in-law can’t have cream cheese so I do a simple brown butter frosting but this recipe is a true keeper. Thanks!!!

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wens965 on 9.28.2011

Made these last week and they were excellent! I am making them again today for a function at my husbands workplace and I know they will love these! Thanks for sharing this recipe they are awesome!

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kristymayer on 9.23.2010

I baked mine in a 15×11 pan and darn near ran out of frosting (totally my own fault though – I kept sampling!). Took it to a meeting with some ladies tonight and was asked for the recipe. Chalk that up as success!

I can see where cooking this in a 13×9 pan would result in extra frosting, but extra frosting is never, ever a problem at my house :)

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lisainlj on 7.2.2010

Great recipe! Great combo with the cream cheese frosting, but I agree with curlav13 – it did make alot of icing & more than necessary. The consistency isn’t quite like a bar, but more like a firm cake. Highly recommend!

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curlav13 on 7.2.2010

These were very yummy. The recipe made too much frosting for my liking though and I ended up with 1/4 to 1/2 cup of extra. I also made mine in a 13X9 pan as I didn’t have one of the required size. I had to add a couple of minutes of cooking time but the bar portion was delicious with the frosting.

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