Black Bottom Banana Bars

 

I noted on this recipe that it was SO good and to make it again. First made Sept. 21th 1995.  I made it many times and since. The recipe is on paper ( which I am now downsizing all paper recipes) I wanted to add to the blog for others to enjoy.

Note: This was the first time I made this recipe in many years. I knew it was good but when I tasted it -loved it! One of my neighbors ( Dillion) gave me a few plumeria cuttings and I wanted to thank him with something homemade. I didn't cut them into bars because I wasn't sure when they would eat them and keeping it whole hope it would stay fresher longer.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter or margarine - softened ( with butter so expensive- it's almost 7 dollars a pound, I used margarine)

1 cup sugar

1 egg ( room temp.)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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

1 1/2 cups AP flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 baking soda

Directions:

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. 

Add egg and vanilla, beat thoroughly combined.

Blend in bananas.

Combine flour, baking powder and soda, salt in a medium sized bowl.

Add the flour mixture to the creamed and mix well.

Divide batter in half

Add cocoa to half of the mixture.

Spread the cocoa mixture into a greased 13 x 9 x 2  baking pan.

Spoon remaining batter on top of the cocoa mixture. Swirl with a knife.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until the bars test done.

Cool

Makes about 2 1/2 dozen