22 July, 2007

Banana Nut Bars


INGREDIENTS:
Sugar...........1c
Butter..........1/2 c,softened
Egg............1
Vanilla ....1 tsp
Banana...........5,riped and mashed
All-purpose flour.........1 &1/2c
Baking powder....1 tsp
Baking soda..........1 tsp
Salt.......1/2 tsp
Chopped nuts........1/2 c(walnuts/pecans/almonds/cashew nuts)
Cocoa....1/4th c

METHOD:

  • Pre-heat oven to 375F.Grease 13/9 in pan.
  • Beat sugar and butter .Add egg and vanilla.Beat until well combined.
  • Beat in bananas.
  • Combine flour,baking powder,baking soda and salt in another bowl.
  • Add to banana mixture.Add pecans.mix well.
  • Divide batter in half.
  • Add cocoa to one half.
  • Spread cocoa batter into preapred pan.
  • Spread the remaning batter on the cocoa batter and swirl with a knife.
  • Bake 30-35 minutes or until edges turned lightly brown in color and a toothpic inserted comes out clean.
I am tagged by Hima of snackorama For a meme.

My Inspiration in life:My mother is my inspiration.

My educational and my professional life:I did my post graduation in mathematics.I am a home maker.

My Strengths:Faith in god.

My Weakness:Very sensitive.Too much thinking for everything.

My favorite food and the food that i hate:I don't have any dislikes for food.My favorite food is that made by mother.

My Hobbies:Learn new things(either in food or anything).

My likes and dislikes:I like to be with family rather than staying far away.i don't like the two tong people.

15 comments:

Sandeepa said...

Great looking bars Swapna.
I had read about you some time back and I knew you were a Maths genius :)

Sharmi said...

that was a very short and sweet meme!! I too love being with family.loved the banana nut bars. I can try that sometime.

Asha said...

Hello Math genius! Your kids are to have a Math expert!:)
Bar looks delicious.

Madhavi said...

another good recipe .also a nice way to make a healthy snack for kids.I'll try this for my daughter and let you know sometime.
thanks for a great recipe
Madhavi

Dr. Soumya Bhat said...

Nice one swapna.Looks like you are baking a lot now a days.good going gal

Roopa said...

the banana bar looks yummy and delicious. With choclate flavour nice one.nice reading your meme too :)

Richa said...

liked ur idea of adding cocoa pwd in banana bar, will try this for sure with some egg replacer!

SeeC said...

I have lots of bananas at home (got from temple) and was wondering what to do.
Will try this one today.

Nice to know about you. Crisp MEME but conveys everything.

Sia said...

bababa but muffin looks tasty and simple. i need to seriously start thinking abt baking now:)
i enjoyed reading ur meme. wow , u did PG in maths? that must be some achievement. maths was and is my fav subject:)

swapna susarla said...

Hi all
Thanku very much for reading my meme.

USHA said...

Hi Swapna,

Banana nut bar looks soft and delicious....Hey so u are P.G in math...cool...Interesting and simple Meme...

Vcuisine said...

A nice meme Swapna and the bar looks so nice. Nuts with banana when baked is a real treat. Viji

Jyothsna said...

Nice knowing you Swapna!

Poonam said...

These look so easy and yummy...absolutely loved the cheese spirals

Seema said...

Swapna urf math genius, your banana bars look soft and perfect. I got to try it when i get egg next time.