One of the many sandwich filler options is chicken salad. You can be daring by combining carrots with celery and hot sauce, sweet with grapes and oranges, or even more complex with curry. Mayonnaise is the only contributing ingredient; while creamy and tasty, it is high in calories and fat. Greek yogurt lightens up my Waldorf chicken salad. This recipe pairs perfectly with Savory Spice Shop® Park Hill maple pepper.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Additional Time: | 35 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 36 |
| Yield: | 3 dozen |
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 ½ cups mashed bananas
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 10×15-inch rimmed baking pan.
- Beat 1/2 cup butter and white sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in bananas, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Add to the banana mixture and mix well. Pour into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool, about 30 minutes.
- Beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until fluffy. Add confectioners’ sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract gradually; beat well. Spread frosting over the cooled bars and sprinkle walnuts on top.
- Margarine can be substituted for the butter, if desired.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 215 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 33 g |
| Cholesterol | 36 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 100 mg |
| Sugars | 26 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I thought this was a great recipe. I made no changes to the cake part but I did not use the cream cheese frosting. I used plain butter cream instead. Very easy recipe. A great use for those brown bananas. A nice change from banana nut bread.
I made these bars today and really enjoyed them! I used a 13×9 pan so they turned out thicker than pictured. I cut the sugar a bit, and used about 3/4 cup brown sugar and 3/4 cup white sugar. And instead of sprinkling the walnuts on top of the frosting I put them on top of the batter before I baked it. They give a nice crunch to the cake bars that you would notice with or without frosting. Thanks for the yummy recipe!