Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

These banana bars are a tasty treat, especially when topped with a sweet cream cheese frosting. You can go the traditional route with the frosting and just use vanilla, but we used a special treat, Fiori di Sicilia, which is a blend of vanilla and citrus by King Arthur Flour. It was amazing with the cream cheese frosting. I recommend picking up a small bottle and you can use it in place of vanilla in your desserts.

I used the base of the Banana Blondies for this. As I found out, you want to make sure you don't over bake as it will lose some of its tenderness when baked too long. All ovens vary so keep an eye on it if you know your oven already runs hot or bakes faster than the recipe calls for.

On a side note, I had someone ask over at Mom Spark why their cream cheese frostings were turning out with little clumps. This is because your cream cheese is too cold when you prepare the frosting. Make sure it is actually at room temperature before you make the frosting. If it is too late and you have a lumpy frosting, put it in the microwave for 20 seconds and beat well to dissolve any cream cheese clumps. Enjoy!