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Banana Monkey Bars
 
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 25 Minutes
Ready In: 35 Minutes
Servings: 24
What to do with those last two bananas? Make these quick and easy cookies! This uses a yellow cake mix as a base and adds lots of goodies on top. This recipe is from Camilla Saulsbury's book Cake Mix Cookies.
Ingredients:
1 (18 1/4 ounce) box yellow cake mix
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 large egg
1 cup nuts, chopped (i used pecans)
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup banana, mashed (about 2 medium)
1 cup butterscotch chips or 1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 1/3 cups sweetened flaked coconut
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. Spray the bottom only of a 13 x 9 inch metal baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
3. In a large bowl beat cake mix, oil and egg until well blended and crumbly.
4. Stir in nuts.
5. Set aside 1 cup of the crumb mixture.
6. Firmly press remaining crumb mixture on bottom of prepared pan.
7. In a small bowl, combine condensed milk and mashed banana; pour evenly over crust.
8. Top with butterscotch chips and coconut; press down firmly.
9. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
10. Bake 25-28 minutes or until lightly browned.
11. Cool completely.
12. Cut into bars.
By RecipeOfHealth.com