Banana Bars with Cream Cheese frosting

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Banana Bars with Cream Cheese frosting

These banana bars are my all-time favorite. They’re so moist and delicious. The cream cheese frosting on top goes with the banana bars perfectly.

Banana Bars – from my mom (no idea where it came from originally) – makes ~3dozen bars1/2 cup softened butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 4 medium)
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch salt

Preheat oven to 350F. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, bananas, and vanilla.

Combine to flour, baking soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well.

Pour into a greased 15x10x1 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until bars test done. Cool.

Frosting
1/2 cup softened butter or margarine
4 cups confectioners sugar
1 package (8 ounces) softened cream cheese
2 tsp. vanilla extract

Cream butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl. Gradually add confectioners’ sugar and vanilla; beat well. Spread over bars.

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Sabina — January 17, 2014 at 10:59 am
I love pomegranate so much ♥
- beantownbaker — January 18th, 2014 @ 9:03 am
  
  Isn’t it awesome. It makes me so sad when my store doesn’t have any…
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Tracy | Pale Yellow — January 18, 2014 at 6:30 am

I’ve never had a cheeseball before! This one looks like the perfect entry – gorgeous!
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Melissa Loh — January 23, 2014 at 6:38 am
All those pomegranate seeds look like little jewels on the cheese ball! And to think cheese balls have sorta become unfashionable in recent years.
- beantownbaker — January 23rd, 2014 @ 2:13 pm
  
  I agree, and there’s no reason for it! Especially with how pretty this cheeseball is.
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Shannon — February 8, 2014 at 9:02 am
this sounds delicious, and i love that it’s studded with those gems of pomegranate seeds 🙂
- beantownbaker — February 8th, 2014 @ 11:58 am
  
  Pom seeds are my favorite. I’m so sad that I can’t find pomegranates around me anymore. The containers of just the seeds are not the same…