Banana bread bars with brown butter frosting.

Banana Bread Bars with Brown Butter Frosting

white sugar

sour cream

butter, softened

eggs

bananas

vanilla extract

all-purpose flour

baking soda

salt

walnuts

butter

confectioners' sugar

milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 15x10-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.


Hubs never came across a banana bar he didn't like, including this one.  This is a classic banana bar recipe, but its distinction is with the browned butter frosting which I thought was a nice complement.  Great taste, lovely frosting, but I prefer mixing up the batter using the traditional creaming method - cream the sugar and butter well, add the eggs and vanilla, and finally the bananas. Add the flour mixture alternately in thirds with the sour cream beginning and ending with the flour.  A second helping for Hubs after supper?  I'd call these a hit!

I am the submitter of this recipe.  I think the personal recipe version has better instructions.  Here's a link to it:  http://allrecipes.com/personalrecipe/63791412/banana-bread-bars-with-brown-butter-frosting/detail.aspx  BTW, his recipe is great without the frosting.

These deserve more than five stars. I cut the recipe in half and baked them in an 11x7 glass baking dish for the same time given. Otherwise, I made no changes. I like that these are actually "bars" that you can cut and eat out of hand, unlike other "banana bar" recipes here that are more like cake and require a fork and plate. The frosting is incredible...don't leave it out!! I cooked the butter for exactly 3 minutes on medium heat and it was perfectly browned. Our new official banana dessert here. Thank you:)

I used an 18 x 13 jelly roll pan and had no problems with batter spilling over the sides. I reduced the bake time to accommodate the pan size. My bananas were completely black which gave theses bars a very good banana flavor with just the right sweetness. We like nuts so I doubled the amount called for in the batter and also chopped some to top the frosting. These bars are very moist and delicious. I will definitely make these again. Thanks Allie.

I have made this recipe twice with rave reviews! Of course anything with browned butter frosting on it is ok in my book.:-) I used black walnuts from the tree in our yard (so yummy) and parchment paper in the pan to easily lift bars out to cool before icing.

I helped my kids make these for their Super Bowl party. While they were moist and delicious I thought they were a little too sweet once the frosting was added. Next time I would use a smaller pan so the bars would be thicker and then halve the frosting. They'd be good with just a dusting of powdered sugar too.

These bars are really really good. I followed the recipe with the exception of using a 8x11 glass dish. They took about 45 minutes to cook. They are so moist and full of flavour and I know that I will be making these again and again. Thanks AllieGeekPi for this wonderful recipe.

These bars were absolutely moist and delicious. I didn't make the frosting because they were so scrumptious on their own. If their was a rating for 10 stars this would definitely rate as such.

Halved recipe and baked in 7" x 11" as another reviewer suggested. Turned out perfect these are not too rich and I like that the frosting makes just the right amount - not too much.

The bread portion of this recipe turned out great but once I added the frosting it was WAY over powering and I could not taste any banana. I had to scrape all the frosting off so I could eat it. If you like an incredibly rich and heavy butter cream try the recipe but even then I d recommend halfing the frosting and altering it to more of a glaze or do a lighter cream cheese frosting.

You’ll go bananas for these buttery bars!

banana bread bars with brown butter frosting

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total: 45 minutes

Servings: 12

Cost: $3.62 /serving

Author : AllieGeekPi

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