Banana Oat Bars
Ingredients
- BASE
- 2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. banana extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 3 cups uncooked oats (not instant or old-fashioned)
- FILLING
- 1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 2 ripe bananas
- 2 tbsps. Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 2 tbsps. Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. banana extract
- 1/2 tsp. salt
Directions
- Step 1
HEAT oven to 350°F. Spray a 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan with no-stick cooking spray.
- Step 3
COMBINE brown sugar, 1 cup shortening, eggs and vanilla and banana extracts in bowl of electric mixer; beat at medium speed until well blended.
- Step 4
STIR in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in oats. Reserve one third of mixture. Press remaining mixture onto bottom of prepared baking dish.
- Step 6
COMBINE condensed milk, bananas and 2 tablespoons shortening in medium saucepan; cook and stir constantly on low heat until mixture thickens and resembles banana pudding. Remove from heat.
- Step 7
STIR in sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Spread over base. Crumble reserved oat mixture over top of filling.
- Step 8
BAKE 25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove pan to wire rack. Cool. Refrigerate. Cut into 2 1/4 x 2 inch bars.
BASE
FILLING
Eagle Brand is a trademark of Eagle Family Foods Group, LLC, used by permission.
Serving size
(1 bar, 1/24 of recipe)
- Calories 310
- Calories from Fat100g
- Total Fat 12g
- Saturated Fat 3g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 20mg
- Sodium 130mg
- Potassium 0mg
- Total Carbohydrates 47g
- Dietary Fiber 2g
- Sugars 29g
- Protein 0g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- Calcium 0%
- Thiamin 0%
- Niacin 0%
- Zinc 0%
- Riboflavin 0%
- Iron 0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet