Low-fat Banana Bars
photo by Pam-I-Am
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
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16
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup applesauce
- 1⁄4 cup margarine
- 1 egg
- 1⁄3 cup milk
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 very ripe banana
- finely chopped walnuts, if desired
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BANANA FROSTING
- 2 tablespoons margarine
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 medium banana, mashed
directions
- Mash banana and lemon juice together.
- Combine all ingredients and beat for 2 minutes at medium speed.
- Spread in a greased 9 x 13 inch pan.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
- Combine all frosting ingredients and frost when bars are cool.
- Sprinkle with walnuts if desired.
Reviews
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Very tasty. My hubby is already on his third piece as I write this review! I used half cake flour, half all purpose flour in hopes it would have a lighter cake texture. It turned out a little dense, but more cake like than a banana bread, exactly what I wanted. <br/><br/>To further "healthify" this recipe I made the following changes; <br/>1) Substituted the margarine in both bar and frosting with Brummel & Brown spread.<br/>2) Cut the frosting ingredients in half, thinned it out with a touch of water, more like a glaze. It covered the bar (cake) well and is plenty sweet for us.<br/>3) Omitted the walnuts, this time ;)<br/><br/>For Weight Watchers Plus program I calculated 4 points per bar, with my adjustments. Yum!
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YUM!!! These were great! I kept staring at the 2 bananas that needed to be eaten, and then this came along. I added cinnamon to the mix and to the icing, as well as another icing change (less sugar and had some honey nut flavored cream cheese in the fridge that also needed to be used). Everything came out great. The best part is, these are really filling as well. We had a late breakfast and actually skipped lunch because no one was hungry, no snack either. Kids, myself, and hubby were completely full until dinner-we ate 2 bars each at breakfast. Will definately make again and again!
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Very tasty. My hubby is already on his third piece as I write this review! I used half cake flour, half all purpose flour in hopes it would have a lighter cake texture. It turned out a little dense, but more cake like than a banana bread, exactly what I wanted. <br/><br/>To further "healthify" this recipe I made the following changes; <br/>1) Substituted the margarine in both bar and frosting with Brummel & Brown spread.<br/>2) Cut the frosting ingredients in half, thinned it out with a touch of water, more like a glaze. It covered the bar (cake) well and is plenty sweet for us.<br/>3) Omitted the walnuts, this time ;)<br/><br/>For Weight Watchers Plus program I calculated 4 points per bar, with my adjustments. Yum!