recipe: banana bars with brown sugar cream cheese frosting

Banana Bars

½ cup butter, softened

2 cups sugar

3 eggs

1½ cups mashed, ripe bananas

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 pinch salt

Directions to make banana bars…

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs, bananas, and vanilla.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking soda & salt.
Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and beat until well combined.

Pour into a greased 9×13 pan. (I cut the recipe in half & used an 8 x 11.5 pan) 
Bake at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes.
Allow the bars to cool completely, before you frost them. 

Brown Sugar & Cinnamon
Cream Cheese Frosting

1/2 stick butter, softened
8 oz cream cheese, softened

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

6 cups powdered sugar

Directions to make the frosting…

Mix the butter, cream cheese & vanilla in a large mixing bowl, until fluffy and well-combined.
Mix in the brown sugar & cinnamon.
Gradually add the powdered sugar, until it becomes the right consistency & it is smooth.
Add a little bit of milk, if frosting gets too thick.