Hiker Bars

1/2 c Peanut butter, chunky

1/3 c Butter

2 md Bananas, (mashed)

1/2 c Molasses

1 c Sugar

2 t Vanilla

4 Eggs

1 t Cinnamon

1/4 t Ginger

2/3 c Flour, whole-wheat

1 1/3 c Flour, white

4 c Kellogg's Special K

-cereal (crushed) 1 t Baking powder

1/4 t Baking soda

1/2 t Salt

6 oz Chocolate chips

1 c Peanuts, salted (chopped)

8 oz Dates, chopped (or fewer)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Then by hand: In a large bowl cream together peanut butter and butter. Mix in bananas, molasses, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each egg. Stir in the cereal. Sift together dry ingredients and mix into batter. Add chips, peanuts and dates. Pour batter into greased 9 x 13 pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree F. oven for 35 to 45 minutes. Cut into bars. NOTES: * Caloric, filling and tasty bars for the trail -- These bars give a flavorful and filling treat along the trail. The recipe came from Ben Branch of AT&T Bell Labs at Columbus (cbdkc1!blb). Yield: 24 to 48 bars. * If by food processor: Yield: Cream butters in processor. Add cut-up bananas and blend.. * Add molasses, sugar, vanilla. Blend. Add eggs. Blend. * Pour batter into large bowl and stir in sifted dry ingredients. Stir in other ingredients, one at a time. Continue as above. : Difficulty: easy to moderate. : Time: 1/2 to 1 hour work; 1 hour waiting. : Precision: approximate measurement OK. : John Daleske : AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio : {ihnp4,cbosgd,desoto}!cbdkc1!daleske : Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust