Spicy Banana Bars
- 1 cup pillsbury's best all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon double-acting baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon french's cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon french's clove
- 1/4 teaspoon french's allspice
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/3 cup ripe banana, mashed (1 small)
- 1 unbeaten egg
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1/3 cup funsten's chopped pecans
- Frosting
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon hot water
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Sift together.flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice.
- Cream -- together butter. Add banana; blend throughly.
- Blend in -- egg; beat well.
- Add -- the dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Blend throughly after each addition. (With electric mixer use a low speed).
- Stir in -- pecans.
- Spread -- in well-grease and lightly floured 13X9x2-inch pan.
- Bake -- in moderate oven (350) 22 to 25 minutes. Frost while warm.
- Note: If you use Pillsbury's Best Self-Rising Flour, omit baking powder, salt and soda.
- Lemon Frosting: Mix butter, water, and lemon juice and stir in confectioners' sugar. Thin with additional hot water, a little at a time, if necessary.
flour, sugar, doubleacting baking powder, salt, baking soda, frenchs cinnamon, butter, banana, egg, milk, allspice, pecans, frosting, butter, water, lemon juice, sugar
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/spicy-banana-bars-399784 (may not work)