Description
Banana bread bars with brown butter frosting.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 2 eggs
- 1 ¾ cups mashed ripe bananas
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
- ½ cup butter
- 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 15×10-inch jelly roll pan.
- Beat white sugar
- sour cream
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- and eggs in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in bananas and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Add flour
- baking soda
- and salt; mix for 1 minute. Stir walnuts into batter until evenly incorporated. Spread batter in prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden
- about 27 minutes. Cool.
- Melt 1/2 cup butter in a large saucepan over medium heat until bubbling and golden brown
- 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Whisk confectioners’ sugar
- milk
- and vanilla extract into melted butter until a smooth frosting consistency is reached. Spread frosting over cooled banana bars.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Servings: 12