<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occasionally Coherent]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://blog.bimajority.org]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Garrett Wollman]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://blog.bimajority.org/author/garrettwollman/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Recipe quick take: King Arthur Flour&#8217;s Banana&ndash;Chocolate Chip&nbsp;Squares]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Continuing our series of easy midweek baking projects taken from the list of recipes I asked my coworkers to vote on, this week I did &#8220;Banana&ndash;Chocolate Chip Squares&#8221; from King Arthur Flour&#8217;s <cite>Whole Grain Baking</cite> (p.&nbsp;344).  It&#8217;s a pretty simple bar cookie, made with whole spelt flour; although only three people requested this recipe, it was nonetheless very well received.</p>
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This recipe is made by the creaming method: butter and brown sugar are creamed together, then mixed with the wet ingredients &#8212; here three mashed ripe bananas, lemon juice, and one egg &#8212; and then the dry ingredients: whole spelt flour, spices (<del>cinnamon</del>cassia and nutmeg), salt, and baking powder.</p>
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Chopped walnuts and chocolate chips are strewn across the top of the batter before baking, rather than being mixed in; the baking time is a fairly long 35 minutes at 350&deg;F (175&deg;C).</p>
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After cooling in the pan overnight, the bars are cut into 24 approximately 2&#215;2-inch (5&#215;5&nbsp;cm) squares.</p>
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A single Banana&ndash;Chocolate Chip Square weighs in at about 50 grams.</p>
<h2>Nutrition</h2>
<p>With Guittard Akoma 54% extra-semisweet baking chips:</p>
<table class="nutrition">
<caption>Nutrition Facts</caption>
<tbody class="servings">
<tr>
<td colspan="2">Serving size: 2&#8243;x2&#8243; bar (approx. 50&nbsp;g)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">Servings per recipe: 24</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody class="calories">
<tr>
<td colspan="2">Amount per serving</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Calories</b> 200</td>
<td align="right">Calories from fat 99</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody class="main">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="right">% Daily Value</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Total Fat</b> 11g</td>
<td align="right">17%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&#x2001;Saturated Fat 5g</td>
<td align="right">25%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&#x2001;<em>Trans</em> Fat 0g</td>
<td>&#x200b;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Cholesterol</b> 23mg</td>
<td align="right">8%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Sodium</b> 69mg</td>
<td align="right">3%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Potassium</b> 40mg</td>
<td align="right">1%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Total Carbohydrate</b> 25g</td>
<td align="right">8%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&#x2001;Dietary fiber 2g</td>
<td align="right">7%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&#x2001;Sugars 16g</td>
<td align="right">&#x200b;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Proteins</b> 3g</td>
<td align="right">6%</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody class="vitamins">
<tr>
<td>Vitamin A</td>
<td align="right">4%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Vitamin C</td>
<td align="right">2%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Calcium</td>
<td align="right">5%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Iron</td>
<td align="right">7%</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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