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Spicy Banana Bars

Serves: 36

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Serving Size: 1 bar
Margaret Cummings - Enderlin, North Dakota
Bake-Off® Contest 6, 1954
A tangy lemon frosting tops these cakelike bars. When serving them at a party, cut them into narrow bars and garnish each with a pecan half.


   BARS
   1/4 cup margarine, softened, or shortening
   1/3 cup mashed ripe bananas
   1/4 cup milk
   1 egg
   1 cup all-purpose flour
   3/4 cup sugar
   1/2 teaspoon baking powder
   1/2 teaspoon salt
   1/4 teaspoon baking soda
   3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
   1/4 teaspoon cloves
   1/4 teaspoon allspice
   1/3 cup chopped pecans
   
   FROSTING
   2 tablespoons margarine or butter
   1 cup powdered sugar
   2 teaspoons lemon juice
   2 to 4 teaspoons water


Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 13 x 9-inch pan. In small bowl, combine 1/4 cup margarine and banana until well blended. Add milk and egg; beat well. Stir in flour and remaining bar ingredients until well mixed. Spread in greased and floured pan. Bake at 350°F. for 20 to 25 minutes or until light golden brown.

Meanwhile, melt 2 tablespoons margarine in small saucepan. Stir in powdered sugar, lemon juice and enough water for desired spreading consistency. Spread over warm bars. Cool completely. Cut into bars. Garnish as desired.

HIGH ALTITUDE - Above 3,500 feet: Decrease sugar to 2/3 cup. Bake as directed above.

Nutrition Per Serving (1 bar): Calories 70; Protein 1g; Carbohydrate 10g; Fat 3g; Sodium 65mg

PICTURE: Top to bottom: Spicy Banana Bars, Charmin' Cherry Bars

From "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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