Banana Bars

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Banana Bars

Cream together:

1 cup Butter softened
1 cup Sugar
Add:
4 Eggs
2 cups Sour Cream or 1 pint Whipping Cream or 2 cups Greek Yogurt
2 teaspoons Vanilla

Beat together.

Add:

4 cups Whole Wheat Pastry Flour or 4 cups All Purpose Flour
1/2 teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoon Soda

Stir in:

4-5 Bananas Mashed or 2 cups

Bake at 350*F. for 25 minutes until golden brown and/or test with tooth pick in the center to make sure the center is done.

Grease or spray a Bakers Half Sheet (13 x18 inches Baking Sheet)

Cool completely and frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Cream together:

8 oz. Cream Cheese Softened or a light Cream Cheese
1/2 cup softened Butter
2 teaspoons Vanilla

Add: 4 cups Powdered Sugar or more if needed.

Beat together just until all ingredients are mixed well, don’t over beat.

These will freeze well, up to 3 weeks in the freezer. These are great served cold from the fridge too.

This recipe is adapted from Launa.

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Banana Bar ingredients.

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Beaten wet ingredients in the bowl and I mashed the Bananas with a potato ricer. ( You could also use a fork or hand potato masher.)

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Spread Banana dough onto greased baking sheet.

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Baked Banana Bar

Frosting Banana Bars

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Ingredients for the frosting.

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Cream all together.

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Beat frosting just until all ingredients are incorporated.

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Cut and enjoy!

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Have a nice day!

Lindy

August in the Garden

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Summer is going by so fast. The garden is producing almost everything. Summer flowers are all blooming and the corn is about ready to be picked and enjoyed. Pumpkins are getting big but are still green. Green beans are producing like crazy along with the zucchini and yellow squash.

The cucumbers are ready to be pickled and the hot peppers are ready too, but I’m still waiting for my tomatoes to ripen so that I can make salsa.

I hope your gardens are doing well and you are enjoying your harvest!

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Black Eyed Susan’s, Purple Coneflowers and Shasta Daisies

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Tiger Lillie’s

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Black Eyed Susan’s

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Have a good day!

Lindy