Layered Banana & Oat Bars

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup butter flavor crisco
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups quick oats or 3 cups old fashioned oats, uncooked
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 ripe bananas, sliced
• 2 tablespoons butter flavor crisco
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350° and grease a 13x9x2-inch pan.
• 2 combine sugar, shortening, eggs and vanilla extract.
• 3 beat until well blended.
• 4 with a spoon, stir in flour, baking soda and salt.
• 5 stir in the oats, reserving one third of mixture. press the remaining into bottom of baking dish.
• 6 in medium saucepan, combine condensed milk, bananas and shortening.
• 7 cook, stirring constantly on low heat, until mixture thickens resembling banana pudding.
• 8 remove from heat and stir in sugar, vanilla extract and salt.
• 9 spread over base.
• 10 crumble reserved oat mixture over top of filling.
• 11 bake 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
• 12 cool and refrigerate or serve warm, cut into bars.