Banana bread bars

Ingredients

• BANANA BREAD BARS

  
  
  From recipes in the family 
• 1 1/2 c

  sugar
• 1 c

  sour cream
• 2

  eggs
• 1/2 c

  butter, softened
• 1 3/4 c

  mashed ripe bananas (3-4 bananas)
• 2 tsp

  vanilla extract
• 2 c

  all purpose flour
• 1 tsp

  baking soda
• 3/4 tsp

  salt
• 1/2 c

  chopped walnuts (optional)

• BROWN BUTTER FROSTING

• 1/2 c

  butter
• 4 c

  powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp

  vanilla extract
• 3 Tbsp

  milk

  
  

  DIRECTIONS:

  1. Heat oven to 375F. Grease and flour 15×10-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.
  2. Spread batter evenly into pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
  3. 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.
  4. 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).