When we were first married, my husband was in the Navy. Stationed in Puerto Rico, we had banana trees growing in our yard, so I found ways to use dozens of ripe bananas at a time. I made these banana squares often. They freeze well and make a great snack to have on hand when friends drop in for coffee.
                                    &mdash;Susan Miller, Raleigh, North Carolina


Banana Squares

eggs,

shortening

sugar

bananas (2 to 3 medium)

all-purpose flour

baking soda

buttermilk

vanilla extract

walnuts,

Whipped cream and sliced bananas, optional

I was looking for a recipe to use up some ripe bananas I had on hand and this is a winner! Because of food allergies in our home, I'm always modifying recipes to meet those needs. So I used almond milk in place of buttermilk, and 1 c. buckwheat flour with 1/2 c. rice flour in place of the all purpose flour. We will be having these yummy bars again!

One of my husband's favorite things i bake is banana bread, and he likes these banana squareseven better. They are so moist and turn out beautiful every time. I only have to bake mine for 30min for perfect doneness, but it may be because I use a dark pan (?). Absolutely wonderful! A new family favorite!

This is our family's all time favorite way to use ripe bananas.  Very moist!!

Very tastey.  I didn't want to share with others, but the people I did share with wanted the recipe from me.I left out the nuts as they're expensive at the moment, but it turned out great.

This is the best banana cake I have ever tasted. It's so moist and flavorful. My husband even liked it and he doesn't usually like cake. I will make this again.

Wow!  What a tasty treat!  This is quick and easy and a wonderful way to use up over ripe bananas.  I didn't even put the cream cheese on and was still blown away by how flavorful and moist these were. This most certainly IS a winner!

So good! Love it warm right out of the oven with whipped cream. I froze them in individual bars to have at a later time or else we might have eaten the whole pan!

Excellent recipe and so easy.  Moist and yummy, no fork necessary.   My batch was done in 35 minutes.  I'd check them at 30 next time.  I'll be baking these again, loved by all.

I made two batches of this. The first one came out fine, but the second took longer to make and seemed to not quite set in the middle. Hmmmm....but the flavor is nice.  Not sure if I like this better than banana bread though.

I made these yesterday with a lot of changes. I did not use shortening; I used peanut butter and canola oil instead. They turned out amazing. I also used chocolate chips instead of walnuts. My nephew and sister liked them better than banana bread. 

I thought it was moist but nothing to rave about.  I think there are better banana cake or banana bar recipes out there.

Pretty good.  A simple recipe.  I would make this again.  I added 2/3 cup chocolate chips.  I accidentally got some egg yolk in the egg whites when I was separating the eggs so they didn't whip up as well as they could have but that's totally my fault.  Two medium-large bananas made 1 cup of mashed bananas.

banana squares

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total: 1 hours, 5 minutes

Servings: 14

Cost: $2.31 /serving

Author : Taste of Home

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