Banana Bars with Peanut Butter Frosting

¾ cup	Softened Butter
¾ cup	Sugar
2	Eggs
1½ cups	Mashed Ripe Bananas, about 3-4
1 tsp	Vanilla
2 cups	Unbleached Flour
1 tsp	Baking Soda
	Pinch of Salt
1 Tbsp	Apple Cider
	Frosting-
1 Tbsp	Softened Butter
3/4 Cup	Peanut Butter
2 cups	Confectioner's Sugar
½ tsp	Vanilla

In a mixer bowl cream together the butter and sugar. Mix in eggs and vanilla and beat until combined. Add in bananas and apple cider and mix thoroughly. Then add in flour, baking soda, salt and mix until just combined.
Pour in a buttered 10x9x2 baking pan and Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 20-22 min until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in a wire rack for at least 25 min.
In medium bowl beat the butter and peanut butter, add in vanilla and Confectioner's sugar. Beat until fluffy and refrigerate until ready to frost cake. Frost cake and cut in 16 bars.

A bit of apple cider sweetens these while cutting back salt a bit. Made these for a work functiona dn there were none left.

Banana Berry Frosty SMoothie

Ingredients:

1 frozen banana, cut into chunks
½ pt fresh raspberries
½ pt fresh blueberries
½ cup Plain Greek Yogurt
½ cup Almond Milk
1-2 Tbsp Honey
¼ tsp Ground Ginger
½ tsp Cinnamon 2 Cups cushed Ice
In a blender combine and pulse bananas and berries. Add in yogurt, almond milk and honey and pulse until thoroughly combined, then add ginger, cinnamon and pulse a few more times. Top with a few fresh raspberries. Makes 4   For variations try using blueberry or raspberry greek yogurt.	2 cups Crushed Ice