Banana Bars

Name: Banana Bars
Ingredients: 1/4 c. butter or margarine; 1/2 c. packed brown sugar; 1 egg; 1/2 tsp. vanilla; 1/2 c. mashed banana (1 large or 1 1/2 medium); 1/3 c. apricot jam (orange marmalade will do too); 1 c. flour; 1/2 tsp. baking powder; 1/4 tsp. salt; 1/4 c. chopped walnuts (can use almonds); 1 tsp. lemon juice; 1/4 c. strained apricot jam (or marmalade); 1/4 c. crushed walnuts (or almonds)

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Ingredients

1/4 c. butter or margarine
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. mashed banana (1 large or 1 1/2 medium)
1/3 c. apricot jam (orange marmalade will do too)
1 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 c. chopped walnuts (can use almonds)
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/4 c. strained apricot jam (or marmalade)
1/4 c. crushed walnuts (or almonds)

Directions

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Cream butter with sugar. Add egg and vanilla and beat until fluffy. Stir in banana and jam. Measure in flour, baking powder, salt, nuts and lemon juice. Spread into a greased 9 x 9-inch pan. Bake in 350° oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from oven. Spread with strained jam. Sprinkle the crushed nuts over. Cut when cool into 36 squares.