Monkey Bars

Name: Monkey Bars
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps apple juice; 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 118 milliliters mashed ripe banana (1 medium); 177 milliliters packed brown sugar; 59 milliliters butter, softened; 2 larges egg whites; 237 milliliters 4.5 ounces all-purpose flour (about; 3 Tbsps low-fat buttermilk; 1 Tbsp powdered sugar; 118 milliliters raisins; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 79 milliliters chopped walnuts

Monkey Bars might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. One serving contains 135 calories, 2g of protein, and 5g of fat. This recipe serves 16. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have flour, baking powder, brown sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Combine raisins and apple juice in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH 1 minute. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife.

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Apple Juice

Raisins

All Purpose Flour

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Measuring Cup

Microwave

Knife

Bowl

Combine flour and next 3 ingredients in a bowl; stir with a whisk.

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All Purpose Flour

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Whisk

Bowl

Combine brown sugar and butter in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until blended.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

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Blender

Bowl

Add banana and next 3 ingredients, beating well.

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Banana

Add flour mixture, beating just until combined. Stir in raisin mixture and walnuts.

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Walnuts

Raisins

All Purpose Flour

Spread batter in an 8-inch square metal baking pan coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Spread

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Baking Pan

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Sprinkle with powdered sugar, and cut into bars.

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Powdered Sugar

Kitchen Classroom: Ripe Bananas When selecting bananas, the only way to tell how ripe they are is by the color of the peel. The skin of a perfectly ripe banana will be yellow and slightly speckled with brown spots. It'll be softer and sweeter than green bananas (or even slightly green ones), which are not yet ripe.

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Banana

Mash banana

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Banana

Measure raisins and walnuts

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Raisins

Walnuts

Stir together dry ingredients

Stir raisin mixture and walnuts into batter

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