Get set to have these delicious apricot-banana bars ready in 45 minutes! Warm bars spread with apricot glaze – a delectable dessert!
Apricot-Banana Bars
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 45 min
- Servings 50
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
Bars
- 1 jar (12 oz) apricot preserves (1 cup plus 2 tablespoons)
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 medium)
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Apricot Glaze
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons reserved apricot preserves
- 1 tablespoon water
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 15x10x1-inch pan with shortening; lightly flour. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the preserves for Apricot Glaze.
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Step2In large bowl, mix brown sugar and butter. Stir remaining preserves, the vanilla and eggs into brown sugar mixture. Stir in remaining bar ingredients until dry ingredients are moistened. Spread in pan.
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Step3Bake about 30 minutes or until golden brown. Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix glaze ingredients until smooth and spreadable.
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Step4Spread glaze over warm bars; cool. For bars, cut into 10 rows by 5 rows.
Nutrition
100
Calories
3g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
17g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 100
- Calories from Fat
- 25
- Total Fat
- 3g
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- Sodium
- 55mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 17g
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1 Fruit; 1 Fat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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