These banana bread bars with brown butter icing are moist and flavorful.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups white sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- 0.5 cups 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 teaspoons salt
- 0.5 cups chopped walnuts , Optional
Instructions
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1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 15x10-inch jelly roll pan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Spread frosting over cooled banana cake. Cut into bars.
Nutrition Facts
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