banana oat bars w' chocolate ganache

Pretty soon I’ll be able to make a whole site dedicated to banana recipes. I just love banana deserts and I’d rather never eat a plain one. This one is almost healthy with the oats and everything, so eat them for breakfast, snack time or even dinner.

Ingredients:

2 small bananas, about 1 1/2 cups (smashed)

1/2 cup butter, room temp

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup flour

1 1/4 cup quick oats

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

-Ganache-

8 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup heavy cream

Directions:

Preheat oven 350. Grease a 9x9 cake pan.

1) Beat butter and sugars until fluffy. Add the egg beat until combined. Beat in the bananas and vanilla.

2) On a low speed, mix in the flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Pour into prepared pan. bake 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

3) While the cake is baking prepare the ganache. Cook the chocolate chips and heavy cream in the top of a double boiler over simmering water until smooth and warm, stirring occasionally.

4) Top warm (not piping hot) bars with chocolate. ENJOY!