Elvis Bars

From my All-New Official SEC Tailgating Cookbook..... ELVIS Bars (Thank you, thank you very much)!

This is a classic Elvis favorite with a surprise ingredient at the end!  These were so much fun to make and I only had to purchase 2 of the ingredients.  Most of this is household staples that you already have on hand.

You'll need:

1/2 cup of unsalted butter (softened)

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup white granulated sugar

1/2 cup dark brown sugar

2 medium ripe bananas mashed (about 3/4 cup)

1 large egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

4 slices of cooked bacon (crumbled)

1/2 cup powdered sugar for garnish

Preheat your oven to 350*.  Grease a 9 inch square baking dish and lone wth parchment paper.  Combine the butter, peanut butter, white sugar, and brown sugar in the bowl of a heavy duty stand mixer (this will be very thick).  Beat on medium high speed until fluffy and well combined.  3-5 minutes, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.

Add mashed bananas, egg and vanilla, beat on medium speed until well combined.  30 seconds to 1 minute.

Whisk together the flour baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a small bowl until combined.  Gradually combine the dry ingredients into the wet batter and beat on medium speed.  Gently fold in the bacon and chocolate chips.  Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing with a spatula.

Bake at 350* until golden brown and a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean.  30-35 minutes.  Please the dish on a cooling rack and allow to cool completely for about an hour before cutting into squares.

I dusted mine with powdered sugar just to up that sweetness factor!  You could use a powdered sugar glaze as well if you like!