Spicy Banana Bars

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup pillsbury's best all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon double-acting baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon french's cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon french's clove
• 1/4 teaspoon french's allspice
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/3 cup ripe banana, mashed (1 small)
• 1 unbeaten egg
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/3 cup funsten's chopped pecans
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon hot water
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 sift together.flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice.
• 3 cream -- together butter. add banana; blend throughly.
• 4 blend in -- egg; beat well.
• 5 add -- the dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. blend throughly after each addition. (with electric mixer use a low speed).
• 6 stir in -- pecans.
• 7 spread -- in well-grease and lightly floured 13x9x2-inch pan.
• 8 bake -- in moderate oven (350) 22 to 25 minutes. frost while warm.
• 9 note: if you use pillsbury's best self-rising flour, omit baking powder, salt and soda.
• 10 lemon frosting: mix butter, water, and lemon juice and stir in confectioners' sugar. thin with additional hot water, a little at a time, if necessary.