Meltaway Banana Bars With Pecans Recipes

MELTAWAY BANANA BARS WITH PECANS

Steps:

• You will be layering the ingredients on top of each other.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• spray a 13 x 9 cake pan. Best if sprayed, greasing does not work well for this recipe.
• In a small saucepan combine brown sugar and 1/2 stick butter. Heat till melted. Add 1/2 cup chopped pecans to the brown sugar mixture. then cool so you can touch it. It will be a bit crumbly when cool.
• First layer-Pour half the dry yellow cake mix in the pan and spread out an even layer.
• Second Layer- Sprinkle the brown sugar mixture evenly over the cake mix. It will not completely cover every inch so don't worry.
• Third Layer- Layer 1/2 banana slices over the brown sugar mixture. Do not let bananas touch each other.(This is important so the ingredients above the bananas has space to seep through them.).
• Fourth Layer- Pour the remainder of the dry yellow cake mix over the bananas,.
• Fifth Layer- Add the remainder of your bananas on top of the yellow cake mix. Again, not letting the banana slices touch each other.
• Sixth Layer- Sprinkle the remainder of pecans on top.
• Melt the remaining 1 1/2 sticks of butter.
• Pour butter back and forth over the cake mix and pecans and bananas. It will not completely cover every inch. Don't worry.
• Bake for 45 minutes.
• Cool completely before cutting into squares. They will be a little crumbly but will cut nicely when cooled.
• Serve in a bowl with butter pecan ice cream on top for a dessert, or serve them just by themselves with a glass a milk.

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Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.combine flour, sugr, egg yolk and vanilla in a bowl --
• cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse corn meal.
• turn into ungreased jelly roll pan.15x10x2" --
• pat into an even layer on bottom and about 1" up sides.
• arrange pie filling on top.set aside.
• whip egg whites, cream of tartar and remaining sugar till stiff peaks form, when beaters are pulled up.
• spread evenly over peach pie filling.
• top with chopped nuts, if desired.
• bake for 30-35 minutes or golden brown.
• cool.cut into bars --
• may vary pie filling for a different taste -- .

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Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, confectioners' sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
• Stir in the pecans.
• Refrigerate dough until chilled.
• WHEN READY TO BAKE: Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Roll into one inch balls and place on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 350ºF for 10-12 minutes or until set.
• Roll warm cookies in additional confectioners' sugar; cool completely on wire racks.
• Roll cooled cookies again in additional confectioners' sugar.