MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Butter Pecan Banana Bars Categories: Cookies, Bars Yield: 48 Bars 2 1/2 c All-purpose flour 1 2/3 c Sugar 1 1/4 ts Baking powder 1 1/4 ts Baking soda 1 ts Salt 3/4 c Butter; softened 2/3 c Buttermilk or sour milk 1 1/4 c Very ripe bananas; mashed 2 Eggs 1/2 c Pecans; chopped MMMMM-------------------BUTTER PECAN FROSTING------------------------ 4 c Confectioners sugar 1/2 c Butter; softened 2 tb Milk; up to 4 tb 2 ts Vanilla 1/2 c Pecans; toasted, chopped In a 3 qt mixing bowl combine dry ingredients. Add butter, buttermilk, and bananas; beat until ingredients are moistened, about 1 minute. Add eggs. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed, scraping sides of bowl often. Stir in nuts. Turn into ungreased 15x10x1" pan. Bake neat center of preheated 350 F oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until cake springs back when touched in center. Cool. Frost with Butter Pecan Frosting. Cut into bars. Butter Pecan Frosting: In 1 qt mixing bowl combine sugar, buttermilk, and vanilla. Beat on low speed, scraping sides of bowl often, until combined (1 minute). Increase to high speed, beat until fluffy (about 1-1/2 minutes). Fold in pecans. Recipe by Florence B. Bassett Recipe FROM: MMMMM