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Banana Bars With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe


Banana Bars With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
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My grandmother is a diabetic. She loves bananas so when I came across this recipe on the back of a bag of splenda I knew that I just had to try it. She loved it.

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Ingredients
  • 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/3 cups mashed bananas*
  • 1 1/3 cups low-fat milk
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened pineapple juice
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup SPLENDA sweetener, granulated
  • 6 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon banana extract
  • 2 (8 ounce) packages fat-free cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup light butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup SPLENDA sweetener, Granulated
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat a 13- x 9- x 2-inch baking pan with vegetable cooking spray.
  2. Combine flour, baking powder, soda, and salt; set aside
  3. Combine mashed bananas, milk and pineapple juice; set aside.
  4. Beat eggs and SPLENDA sweetener at high speed with an electric mixer for 5 minutes.
  5. Add melted butter, vanilla and banana extract; beat at medium speed until blended, about 1 minute.
  6. Add flour mixture alternately with banana mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed, just until blended after each addition; do not over-mix.
  7. Spoon mixture into prepared pan.
  8. Bake 25 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
  9. Cool in pan on a wire rack.
  10. Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
  11. Gradually add SPLENDA sweetener, beating at medium speed until blended.
  12. Stir in vanilla.
  13. Spread with Cream Cheese Frosting.
  14. Chill 30 minutes before cutting into bars.

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What a coincidence. I just bought a bag of Splenda to try it. I've never used it before & so was trying to decide what I should try baking with it for the 1st time & you post this wonderful recipe. Thanks & 5 forks


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