Banana Bars

If you have bananas that are black and squishy this is a great recipe to use them on!  It is a favorite everywhere we take it.

Banana Bars

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cups white sugar

2 eggs

1 cup sour cream

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup mashed ripe bananas (I used 3 big ones probably more than one cup, but so tasty!)

Preheat oven to 350 deg.  Grease a jellyroll pan.  In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.  Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the sour cream and vanilla.  Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter.  Finally mix in the mashed bananas.  Spread evenly into the prepared pan.  Bake for 20-25 min in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.  Allow the bars to cool completely before frosting with cream cheese frosting

Cream Cheese Frosting:

2 8 oz pkgs cream cheese softened

1/2 cup butter

2 cups powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter until creamy.  Mix in the vanilla, then gradually stir in the powdered sugar.  This recipe made plenty to cover the whole sheet cake pan.