Hummingbird Bars

Photo: flickr user flyingpurplemonkeys

Ingredients

3 cups All-purpose flour

2 cups Sugar

1 teaspoon Baking soda

1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon Salt

2 teaspoons Vanilla extract

2 cups Diced fresh bananas (about 2 med.)

1 cup Walnuts, chopped

1 jar (10 oz) maraschino cherries, drained & halved

1 can (8 oz) crushed pineapple, undrained

3 lrg Eggs, slightly beaten

1 cup Vegetable oil

1/4 cup Butter, softened

1 1/2 cups Powdered sugar

1 teaspoon Milk (up to 2)

Preparation

Heat oven to 350*. Grease and flour a 15x10x1 jelly roll pan. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, soda, cinnamon and salt. Stir to blend. Add diced bananas, walnuts, cherries and pineapple. In a separate bowl, combine eggs, oil and vanilla. Stir into flour mixture until flour is completely moistened. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 30-35 min. Remove from oven and cool 10 min. While bars are cooling, beat together butter, powdered sugar and milk to make a spreadable frosting. Spread

Makes 48 servings.