Snickerdoodle Banana Bars

We decided to host a small neighborhood get together for National Night Out this past Tuesday in our front yard. It was last minute but it turned out to be so much fun! We brought out our ping pong table, another neighbor brought KanJam and everyone contributed by bringing drinks, popsicles, snacks or dessert. I had a few extra bananas sitting around so I decided to create something for dessert, based off of that. At first I was thinking banana bread muffins or brownies but then I started thinking of snickerdoodles...so I mashed the three ideas together and this is what I got! They were great! They were sweet but not too sweet, light and flavorful.

Servings: 10
Prep/Total Time: 45 minutes 

Ingredients:

• 2 ripe bananas
• 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 tsp white vinegar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup almond flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp cinnamon (divided)
• 1/2 cup coconut sugar (divided)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F and lay parchment paper in a 9x9 baking dish.
2. Add bananas, applesauce, vanilla, peanut butter, vinegar and eggs to a blender and puree until smooth.
3. In a large bowl, mix together the almond flour, baking soda, baking powder, 1 tsp cinnamon and 1/4 cup coconut sugar until blended,
4. Add the pureed mixture into the bowl with the dry mixture, mix until smooth and pour into prepared baking pan.
5. Mix together the 1/4 cup coconut sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon in a small bowl and sprinkle half over the top of the mixture in the pan.
6. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out dry. As soon as it is done baking, sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon sugar mixture over the top.
7. Leave in the pan for about 10 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling. Serve immediately and enjoy!