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Banana Bread Bars with Brown Butter Frosting

These banana bread bars with brown butter icing are flavorful, super moist, and topped with a creamy stovetop frosting for a sweet and simple treat.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 583
Ingredients Method Nutrition

Ingredients
  

Ingredients
  • 1.5 cups white sugar
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 0.5 cup butter, softened
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1.75 cups mashed ripe bananas
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 0.75 teaspoon salt
  • 0.5 cup chopped walnuts
  • 0.5 cup butter
  • 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 15×10-inch jelly roll pan.
  2. Make bars: Beat together white sugar, sour cream, softened butter, and eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in mashed bananas and vanilla. Add flour, baking soda, and salt; mix for 1 minute. Stir in walnuts until evenly incorporated. Spread in the prepared pan.
  3. Bake in the preheated oven until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 27 minutes. Place on a wire rack to cool lcompletely.
  4. Make frosting: Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat until bubbling and golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Whisk in confectioners' sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth.
  5. Spread frosting over cooled banana cake. Cut into bars.

Nutrition

Calories: 583kcalCarbohydrates: 90gProtein: 5gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 80mgSodium: 384mgFiber: 2gSugar: 69g

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