Jamaican Banana Bars

from "perfect endings"

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 32

Ingredients

• 1  cup  semisweet chocolate morsel
• 1  cup flour, sifted
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 3⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1  cup  ripe banana, mashed
• 1⁄4 cup butter or 1⁄4 cup margarine
• 1  egg
• 2  tablespoons 2% low-fat milk
• 1  cup  nuts, chopped (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Melt the chocolate over hot water.
3. Sift together flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt, baking powder and soda and set aside.
4. Combine the banana and butter and beat till blend. Beat in the egg.
5. Add, and blend well after each addition, the flour mixture alternately with the milk.
6. Stir in melted chocolate and nuts, if using.
7. Spread in greased and floured 13" x 9" x 2" pan and bake at 350 F for 25 minutes.