Jamaican Banana Bars

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 32
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsel
• 1 cup flour, sifted
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup ripe banana, mashed
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons 2% low-fat milk
• 1 cup nuts, chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 melt the chocolate over hot water.
• 3 sift together flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt, baking powder and soda and set aside.
• 4 combine the banana and butter and beat till blend. beat in the egg.
• 5 add, and blend well after each addition, the flour mixture alternately with the milk.
• 6 stir in melted chocolate and nuts, if using.
• 7 spread in greased and floured 13" x 9" x 2" pan and bake at 350 f for 25 minutes.