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     Title: TANGY BANANA BARS
Categories: Cookies
     Yield: 12 servings

          -JUDI M. PHELPS
     1 c  Brown sugar; firmly packed
   1/2 c  Margarine or butter
     1    Jar apricot preserves-10 oz
     1 ts Vanilla
     2    Eggs
 1 3/4 c  All purpose flour
   1/2 ts Baking powder
   1/2 ts Baking soda
     1 c  Bananas; thinly sliced about
          -2 medium
   3/4 c  Nuts; chopped (your choice)
          Powdered sugar

 Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease 13 x 9-inch pan. In large bowl, combine
 brown sugar, margarine, preserves, vanilla, and eggs; blend well. Lightly
 spoon flour into measuring cup; level off.  By hand, stir in remaining
 ingredients except powdered sugar; mix just until blended. Pour into
 prepared pan.

 Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center
 comes out clean.  Cool completely; sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cut into
 bars. Makes 36 bars. 2 bars = 228 calories, 8 g fat.

 SOURCE:  Cookies, Cookies, and more Cookies cookbook. Shared and MM by Judi
 M. Phelps

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