Banana Toffee Bars Recipes

BANANA-TOFFEE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Generously grease 8-inch square pan with shortening. In medium bowl, beat butter and brown sugar with electric mixer on medium speed 1 minute or until light and fluffy. On low speed, beat in flour and salt just until moistened. Stir in pecans. Press mixture in bottom of pan.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden around edges. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 30 minutes.
• Spread about half of the dulce de leche over cooled crust. Top with banana slices. Spread remaining dulce de leche over bananas.
• In chilled small bowl, beat whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Spread whipped cream over top of dulce de leche; sprinkle with toffee bits. Refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm. Cut into 4 rows by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

FROSTED BANANA BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in the eggs, bananas and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into creamed mixture just until blended., Transfer to a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack., For frosting, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth. Frost bars.

BANOFFEE (BANANA TOFFEE) PIE

Steps:

• Place unopened can of condensed milk in a large pot; cover with water. Bring to boil; reduce to a simmer. Cover pot with lid and simmer for 3 hours to make the toffee, checking periodically to ensure the can is still immersed and adding more water as needed.
• Remove can from the pot and allow to cool until safe to handle. Rinse with cold running water for 10 minutes to speed up cooling.
• Open carefully and stir toffee until smooth. Spread toffee over the bottom of the prepared graham pie crust. Chill for at least 1 hour.
• Layer sliced bananas on top of the toffee. Beat cream in a large bowl until soft peaks form. Add sugar and continue to beat until fluffy. Spread whipped cream over bananas.

BANANA TOFFEE BARS W/ BROWNED BUTTER ICING

Steps:

• For the Bars.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 15x10x1-inch baking pan.
• Beat the butter in an electric mixer on medium to high speed about 30 seconds. Beat in the sugar until fluffy - about 1 minute, scraping bowl as needed.
• Beat in the egg, mashed bananas, sour cream and vanilla until very well combined.
• In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add dry mixture to wet and mix together, scraping bowl as needed until well combined. Stir in 3/4 C toffee pieces.
• Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan, spreading evenly. Bake for 22-25 minutes (at 350) or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Let cool 20-30 minutes before icing.
• For the Icing.
• In a small saucepan heat one-third cup butter over low heat until melted. Continue heating until the butter turns a light brown. This may take a few minutes. Remove from heat; pour into a medium bowl.
• Add 2 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar, 1 t. vanilla and 1 T. milk. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until combined. Beat on medium to high speed, adding enough milk to make frosting of spreading consistency. I usually add 2 more tablespoons milk.
• Use icing immediately.

SOUR CREAM BANANA CAKE WITH TOFFEE BAR TOPPING

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Set oven rack to second-lowest position.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• To make topping: in a small bowl, mix together the confectioners sugar and 1/3 cup flour.
• Rub the butter in the flour mix with your fingertips to make a crumb mixture.
• Stir in the caramel bits, Heath bars or Crispy Crunch bars; set aside.
• In a small bowl, mash (do not mix with a mixer) the bananas; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In another bowl, with an elecric mixer (if you have a heavy-duty stand mixer attach the paddle attachment) and cream the butter and sugar very well until soft (about 6 minutes).
• Add in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition and the vanilla.
• Add in banana, sour cream, and all dry ingredients, mix on low speed for 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
• Transfer to prepared baking pan.
• Sprinkle the crumb topping evenly over the cake batter.
• Bake for about 45-50 minutes.