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DESSERTS: BARS
Black Bottom Banana Bars
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Black-Bottom Banana Bars |
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A bit like
chocolate-banana bread...
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½
cup |
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butter, softened |
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1
cup |
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sugar |
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1
large |
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egg |
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1
tsp |
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vanilla extract |
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1 ½
cups |
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mashed ripe bananas |
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1 ½
cups |
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flour |
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1
tsp |
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baking powder |
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1
tsp |
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baking soda |
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½
tsp |
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salt |
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¼
cup |
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unsweetened cocoa |
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Preheat oven
to 350 degrees F. Grease 9x13" pan. |
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In a large
mixing bowl, combine butter and sugar and cream
together. Add egg and vanilla and beat until
thoroughly combined. Blend in bananas. |
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In separate
bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda
and salt. Add to creamed mixture and mix well. |
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Divide the
batter in half. Add the cocoa to ½ the batter.
Spread the cocoa batter into the prepared pan.
Spoon remaining batter on top and swirl it with
a knife. |
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Bake 25
minutes, or until bars test done (toothpick
inserted in the middle comes out clean). |
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Yield: 3 dozen |
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Ratings:
***Hey,
this one's a keeper!- would
make it again. "This was a yummy treat. I didn't have any
cocoa on hand, so I used 1/3 cup Hershey's chocolate syrup instead.
To make it extra chocolatey, I also added about 1/2 cup chocolate chips
to the bottom layer."
-Kansas City, KS
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