Banana Nut Bars Food

BANANA NUT BARS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring butter and water to a boil. Remove from the heat; set aside. In a large bowl, beat the sugars, bananas, buttermilk, eggs and vanilla until blended. Combine flour and baking soda; gradually add to sugar mixture. Beat in butter mixture until blended. Stir in nuts., Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. , For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add confectioners' sugar until smooth. Spread over bars. Store in the refrigerator.

BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP BARS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a casserole dish or deep rimmed baking sheet with shortening, butter, or nonstick baking spray.
• Mash peeled ripe bananas in a large bowl.
• Add in butter, eggs, and brown sugar and cream together.
• Stir in milk.
• Add in vanilla, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and mix well.
• Fold in flour and mix until there are no lumps - but to not overwork.
• Add chocolate chips in right at the end, mixing through thoroughly.
• Pour batter into prepared baking dish, and bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean (you might get melted chocolate on the toothpick, disregard that.)
• Let cool completely before cutting.
• Enjoy!

BANANA OAT BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix together dry ingredients. In a separate bowl mix together bananas, egg whites, milk and vanilla. Beat all together.
• Bake in a 9 x 13 inch pan which has been sprayed with non-stick spray for about 35 minutes. Cool and cut into bars. You may sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, if desired.

BANANA BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease bottom and sides of 13 x 9 pan.
• 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.
• 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.
• Store in refrigerator.

BANANA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until smooth. Stir in the milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon salt; stir into the sugar mixture. Mix in 1 banana, 1 teaspoon lemon juice and walnuts. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let bars cool in the pan on a wire rack.
• To make the frosting: In a medium bowl, mix together the melted butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, confectioners' sugar, 1/2 banana, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice using an electric mixer. Beat until smooth. Spread over cooled bars and then cut into squares.

FROSTED BANANA BARS

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.

BANANA PEANUT BUTTER OAT BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF and line an 8x8" baking dish with parchment paper.
• Place bananas in a mixing bowl and use a fork to throughly mash. Once pureed, stir in peanut butter, maple syrup, coconut oil, and vanilla.
• Add rolled oats, collagen or protein powder, chocolate chips, walnuts (if using), and salt; stir to combine.
• Pour mixture into prepared baking dish and transfer to the oven. Bake for 23 to 25 minutes, or until set. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for 30 minutes. Use the parchment paper to lift the bars out of the pan and let cool completely before slicing into.
• Once cooled, slice into 10 bars. (I also like sprinkling some flaky salt overtop, however this is totally optional!)

BANANA BARS WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 15x10x1 inch pan.
• In a large bowl cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well. Next add mashed bananas and mix well.
• In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to wet ingredients and mix until incorporated.
• Pour mixture into prepared pan.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool.
• To make the frosting, melt butter in a medium sauce pan. Once melted continue to boil until butter turns from a light yellow to a dark golden yellow. (This works best in a light-colored sauce pan so you can gauge the color of the butter)
• In a large bowl cream together the browned butter and cream cheese until smooth. Stir in vanilla and salt. Gradually mix in powdered sugar until completely incorporated and frosting is smooth.
• Spread frosting over cooled bars. Cut and serve OR cover and store at room temperature up to three days.

BANANA BREAD BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and grease a 9x13 inch pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the sour cream and eggs, bananas and vanilla extract.
• Add the flour, baking soda, salt, and mix just until moistened. Stir in walnuts, if using.
• Spread batter evenly into prepared pan and bake for 23-28 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, or with few crumbs. Make frosting while the bars bake.

BANANA NUT BARS

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring butter and water to a boil.
• Remove from heat; set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugars, baking soda, eggs, bananas, buttermilk, and vanilla.
• Beat until blended.
• Carefully add butter mixture; mix well.
• Stir in nuts.
• Pour into greased 15x10x1 inch baking pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• For frosting, in a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Gradually add confectioners' sugar.
• Spread over bars.
• Store in fridge.

EASY GLUTEN FREE BANANA BARS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9x9 inch square pan with non-stick spray and line with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and granulated sugar.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the mashed banana, brown sugar, oil, eggs, milk, and vanilla extract. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick or cake tester comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs attached. Cooking time will vary depending on your oven - mine took 29 minutes.
• Cool the bread in the pan on a cooling rack. Cut into 16 pieces and serve slightly warm or room temperature.
• To store, wrap tightly in foil or store slices in an air-tight container. It will stay fresh up to 3 days. This bread also freezes well. To freeze, slice into individual pieces and freeze in a freezer bag.

BREAKFAST BANANA BARS

Steps:

• Pre-heat your oven to 200C
• To a large mixing bowl add the peeled bananas and mash with a fork
• Now add in the oats, cinnamon and water and mix together
• Line a square baking tin with baking paper and pour in the mix. Press down firmly with the back of a fork to compact it into the tin
• Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes at 200C.
• Remove from the oven, allow to cool for 10 minutes before slicing into bars

NO-BAKE BANANA NUT VEGAN PROTEIN BARS

Steps:

• Blend all ingredients, together in a food processor until just combined (some bigger chunks of almonds can be left!).
• Place mixture on parchment paper and form into a rectangle. Refrigerate the mixture for at least one hour. Remove mixture from refrigerator and slice into 8 bars.
• Wrap each bar in plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator or freezer.