Ingredients
- • 2 egg whites
- • 1 cup plus 5 tablespoons sugar
- • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- • 2 tablespoons molasses
- • 1 1/2 cups banana puree*
- • 3 tablespoons shortening
- • 1/4 cup whole milk
- • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla butter nut extract
- • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- • 1/2 teaspoon salt
- • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a large bowl, whip the egg whites with an electric mixer until they become thick. Do not use a plastic bowl for this.
- Add the sugar to the egg whites and continue to beat until the mixture forms soft peaks.
- Add the brown sugar, molasses, banana puree, shortening, milk and vanilla butter nut flavoring to the mixture, beating after each addition.
- In a separate bowl, combine the remaining ingredients.
- While beating the wet mixture, slowly add the bowl of dry ingredients.
- Lightly grease a 9x14-inch pan with a light coating of non-stick cooking spray. Be sure to coat the sides as well as the bottom of the pan. Dump about 3 tablespoons of sugar into the pan, then tilt and shake the pan so that a light layer of sugar coats the entire bottom of the pan, and about halfway up the sides. Pour out the excess sugar.
- Pour the batter into the pan, and spread it evenly around the inside of the pan. Sprinkle a light coating of sugar -- about two tablespoons -- over the entire top surface of the batter. Gently shake the pan from side-to-side to evenly distribute the sugar over the batter. Bake for 25-28 minutes or until the cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan.
- Remove the cake from the oven and turn it out onto a cooling rack. When cake has cooled, place it onto a sheet of wax paper on a cutting board and slice across the cake 6 times, creating 7 even slices. Next cut the cake lengthwise twice, into thirds, creating a total of 21 snack bars. When the bars have completely cooled, store them in a resealable plastic bag or an airtight container.
- *Puree whole bananas (approximately 3) in a food processor or blender until smooth and creamy.
- Nutrition Facts
- Serving size – 1 bar
- Servings – 21
- Total fat (per serving) – 1.8g
- Calories (per serving) – 118
