Recipe#8020

Title: Banana Bars

Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 From: dosgatos@netcom.com (Robert Dosgatos Nona Adam) 
 Subject: Banana Cake 
 Message-ID: <199504091540.IAA00570@netcom10.netcom.com> 
 Organization: University of Chicago -- Academic Information Technologies 
 Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 16:52:32 GMT 

[Note: This comes out like a cake.]
 SOUR CREAM-BANANA BARS
 1 1/2 cups  sugar
 1 cup dairy sour cream
 1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened
 2 eggs
 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas (about 3 large)
 2 tsp vanilla
 2 cups flour
 1 tsp salt
 1 tsp baking soda
 1/2  cup chopped nuts
 Browned Butter Frosting (below)
 Heat oven to 375 degrees.  Grease and flour jelly roll pan,
 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1 inch.  Mix sugar, sour cream, margarine 
 and eggs in large mixer bowl on low speed, scraping bowl
 occasionally, 1 minute.  Beat in bananas and vanilla on
 low speed 30 seconds.  Beat in flour, salt and baking soda
 on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, 1 minute.
 Stir in nuts.  Spread dough in pan.  Bake until light brown,
 20 to 25 minutes.  Cool; frost with Browned Butter Frosting.
 Cut into bars, about 2 x 1 1/2 inches.
 Browned Butter Frosting
 Heat 1/4 cup margarine or butter over medium heat until
 delicate brown; remove from heat.  Mix in 2 cups powdered sugar.
 Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla and 3 tablespoons milk until
 smooth and of spreading consistency.
 Yield 4 dozen bars.
 I usually double the frosting recipie.  Enjoy!