Banana Bread Bars with Brown Butter Frosting

By lisapearce

OMG. Banana bread brownies with a browned butter frosting! Say that 10 times! The browned butter frosting makes these delicious!

Ingredients

• BANANA BREAD BARS
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 3/4 cups ripe bananas, mashed, about 3 to 4 bananas
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, optional
• BROWN BUTTER FROSTING
• 1/2 cup butter
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons milk

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 375F. Grease and flour 15x10-inch jelly roll pan. For the bars, in a large bowl, beat together sugar, sour cream, butter, and eggs until creamy. Blend in bananas and vanilla extract. Add flour, baking soda, salt, and blend for 1 minute. Stir in walnuts.

Spread batter evenly into pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Meanwhile, for frosting, heat butter in a large saucepan over medium heat until boiling. Let the butter turn a delicate brown and remove from heat immediately.

Add powdered sugar, vanilla extract and milk. Whisk together until smooth (it should be thicker than a glaze but thinner than frosting). Using a spatula, spread the brown butter frosting over the warm bars (the frosting will be easier to spread while the bars are still warm).

Yield: 2 dozen large bars