Recipe: Caribbean Bars (using bananas, butterscotch chips and nuts)

CARIBBEAN BARS

"Makes a lot... got this recipe from a friend in Hanska, Minnesota, and its one of my favorite bar cookies." - Sandy

3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
1 cup mashed bananas
2 1/2 cups flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 (6 oz.) pkg. butterscotch chips
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Powdered sugar icing or glaze or melted chocolate (for topping)

Cream butter with brown sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Mix in mashed bananas. Blend in flour, baking powder and salt.

Stir in chips and nuts. Spread in greased 10x15-inch baking pan.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 minutes. Cool and frost with a powdered sugar icing or glaze. Good also, drizzled with melted chocolate! :-)

From: Sandy G. OH - 08-09-97