Banana bars
Banana bars are loaded with the banana flavor we all love, topped with creamy cream cheese frosting, a homemade treat from scratch.
Can I make flavor variations with this Banana bar recipe?
Yes! You can add a swirl of peanut butter to the frosting for a light peanut butter and banana flavor profile. You could also drizzle caramel sauce on top of the frosting for an extra sweet treat that tastes like bananas foster.
This recipe is so easy to make, you can have an easy, homemade dessert in under an hour. Perfect left over for breakfast as well.
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Ingredients you’ll need.
To get started making this recipe, you’ll first want to gather all your banana bar ingredients first.
Ingredients you’ll need for this recipe.
You’ll might also want to add a fresh banana slice on top of each bar!
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease the bottom and sides of a 9 X 13 dish, with Butter, or Cooking Spray. In a large bowl, mash the Bananas, and add the Sugar and stir until well blended. Add the Vegetable Oil, Eggs. and Vanilla, and stir well, until all ingredients are mixed.
Step 2: In a separate bowl, add the Flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Cinnamon, and Salt, and mix well. Add the Flour mixture to the bowl of wet ingredients and stir to mix.
Step 3: When mixed well, pour into the 9 X 13 dish, and place the dish in the oven.
Step 4: Bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the Bars comes out clean. Remove from the oven to a wire rack, and cool completely.
Step 5: When bars are cooled completely, make the frosting. In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, add the Cream Cheese, Butter, and Vanilla, and blend until smooth. Add the Powdered Sugar a little at a time, blending between additions, until all the Powdered Sugar has been added, and the Frosting is thick and creamy.
Step 6: Frost the Banana Bars, using all the Frosting, and allow the Frosting to set, about 30 minutes. You can place the Bars in the refrigerator to cool completely and keep Frosting cool. Serve, and enjoy!
Can you believe just how easy that was? You are only 35 minutes away from these delicious, homemade, Banana bars!
Banana bars
Loaded with the delicious banana flavor of banana bread, in a light bar, topped with cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
Batter
- 1 1/2 cups Sugar
- 1 cup mashed Banana's
- 1/3 cup Vegetable Oil
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 2 Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 cup Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground Cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
Cream cheese frosting
- 3 ounces Cream Cheese - softened
- 1/3 cup Butter
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 2 cups Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease the bottom and sides of a 9 X 13 dish, with Butter, or Cooking Spray.
- In a large bowl, mash the Banana's, and add the Sugar and stir until well blended.
- Add the Vegetable Oil, Milk, Eggs. and Vanilla, and stir well, until all ingredients are mixed.
- In a separate bowl, add the Flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Cinnamon, and Salt, and mix well.
- Add the Flour mixture to the bowl of wet ingredients, and stir to mix. When mixed well, pour into the 9 X 13 dish, and place the dish in the oven.
- Bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the Bars comes out clean. Remove from oven to a wire rack, and cool completely.
- In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, add the Cream Cheese, Butter, and Vanilla, and blend until smooth.
- Add the Powdered Sugar a little at a time, blending between additions, until all the Powdered Sugar has been added, and the Frosting is thick and creamy.
- Frost the Banana Bars, using all the Frosting, and allow to Frosting to set, about 30 minutes.
