Banana Sugar Cookie Bars

By srumbel

these cookie bars are easy. That’s right – simply replace each egg in your recipe with one ripe banana – about 1/3 cup of banana.
from shakentogetherlife.com

Ingredients

• For the Banana Sugar Cookie Bars
• One sugar cookie mix (I used a 15 oz. box of Immaculate Baking Gluten Free Sugar Cookie Mix) + ingredients called for EXCEPT for any eggs
• One ripe banana (about 1/3 cup) to replace each egg called for in the cookie mix
• For the Cream Cheese Frosting
• 1 stick softened unsalted butter
• 1 8 oz. block of softened cream cheese
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract*
• Small pinch salt
• 3 1/2 cups of powdered sugar

Preparation

Step 1

For the Banana Sugar Cookie Bars:
Preheat oven according to cookie mix directions.
Prepare an 8x8 baking dish with parchment paper.
Mix cookie mix, ingredients called for on the box/bag of mix but replace each egg with a ripe banana (about 1/3 cup).
Press the banana cookie dough into the baking dish evenly and to the edges of the dish.
Bake according to package directions or until cookie is lightly browned and there is no raw/uncooked dough. (My cookie dough took about 23-25 minutes.)
Allow cookie to cool and remove it from the pan.
For the Cream Cheese Frosting
In a large bowl, cream together the butter, cream cheese, vanilla and salt.
Add powdered sugar in one cup increments, mixing slowly until incorporated. Repeat until all powdered sugar is added.
Spread frosting over cooled cookie base.
Cut into 12 squares.

Notes

*You can replace vanilla extract with banana extract if you want a banana cream cheese frosting.