Banana Caramel Bars

From 365 Favorite Brand Name Cookie Recipes, page 125.

Prep: 20 min. / Cook: 35 min.
Yield: 24 bars

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup margarine, cubed
1 large egg, beaten
2 extra-ripe medium bananas, peeled
1/2 cup caramel topping

Combine flour, sugar, and baking powder in medium bowl.  Cut in margarine with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.  Slowly stir in egg, mixing with fork until crumbly.  Put half of mixture into 9x13 baking pan to form crust.

For filling, mash bananas (1 cup).  Blend bananas with caramel topping.  Pour over crust; spread evenly.

Sprinkle remaining crust mixture over filling.  Pat gently.  Bake in 375F oven 35 minutes or until golden brown.  Cool on wire rack.  Cut into bars when cooled.

Notes:
- Somehow I forgot to add the egg when I made these, but they still turned out yummy.  They're a lighter color than the picture in the book, and I'm sure they weren't quite as firm.  But they were good.