Stacie

Banana Bars
1/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed very ripe banans
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Mix shortening, sugar, eggs, bananas, and vanilla
thoroughly. Blend dry ingredients together. Stir into banana mixture. Spread into greased jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes.
Frost cooled bars with a thin layer of frosting of your choice. I always used a vanilla powdered sugar with butter icing.

Banana Crumb Cake

2C sugar
1 C milk
1 C chopped nuts (optional)
2 C self rising flour
1 stick margarine
2 eggs
3 Bananas
1 tsp vanilla

Crumb Topping
1 stick (1/2 c) Margarine
1 Cup brown sugar (dark or light)
1 cup flour (self rising or plain, whatever you have on hand)

Spray two loaf or 8×8 pans with cooking spray. Place peeled bananas in mixing bowl, add sugar. Mix until bananas are liquefied. Add margarine, mix until creamed together with banana mixture. Add all other ingredients and blend well.

In medium bowl, place all topping ingredients. Cut together with a long tined fork until well blended. Pour 1/4 of batter into each pan, top with 1/4 crumb mixture. Pour remaining batter over and top with remaining crumb mixture. Bake for 45 minutes to an hour at 350.

Cake is done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.