Banana Bars

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 3/4 cup Rice Krispies, crumbed
• 2 cups flour, unbleached
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 egg whites, whipped
• 1 cup banana, mashed
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Prepare a 9 x 9 x 2" pan with cooking spray; set aside.
3. In a mixing bowl, combine crispy rice cereal, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and baking soda.
4. In another mixing bowl, combine egg whites, bananas, and oil.
5. Mix dry ingredients with wet ingredients just until moistened.
6. Spread mixture into prepared pan.
7. Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly browned.

Reviews

[Debbb]

These are really good lunch-box squares - a nice sweet everyday treat. Nice & moist!

[RubberDucky AU]

Thanks Dancer, yet another great recipe from you. I used Rice Bubbles (i think also known as rice pops?) and the rest as per recipe. It was great, freezable and went quickly. Became chewier the next day but that's to do with the rice bubbles softening. I think a cream cheese icing would be awesome (although it would counteract the low fat recipe!) but it didn't last long enough. Extremely quick and easy to make.

[Bella_Bambina]

I followed the previous comments and only used 1/2 c. sugar and a whole egg instead of the two whites. I just used cinnamon instead of the pumpkin pie spice. It turned out really nicely - a great and simple recipe!