October 9th

Black-Bottom Banana Bars

I actually made these yesterday (it was on my list ) but I figured I'd better get a picture before they were gone. We had some over ripe bananas and I didn't feel like making banana bread so I pulled out one of my cooking magazines and found this. On a side note - I love lists and I love cooking magazines. Perhaps because a recipe is in the form of a list?

Anyway here's the recipe!

Black Bottom Banana Bars

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cp sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1-1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 3 medium)

1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 cup baking cocoa

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla, beat until thoroughly combined. Blend in the bananas. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well.

Divide batter in half. Add cocoa to half; spread into a greased 13 in x 9in x 2 in baking pan. Spoon remaining batter on top and swirl with a knife. Bake at 350 deg for 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool.