Banana Bread Bars

5 from 2 votes

Banana bread bars are moist and flavorful and land somewhere between a cake and a bread with the most amazing brown butter frosting on top! Great for breakfast or an afternoon treat with a cup of coffee, both the texture and flavor are crave-worthy!

Prep Time10

Cook Time25

Total Time35

Course: Dessert, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: banana bread, banana bread bars

Servings: slices

Author: Alyssa Rivers

Ingredients

1-1/2 cup sugar
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup butter softened
2 eggs
1-3/4 3 or 4 ripe bananas, mashed (I used 4 bananas)
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts optional

Brown Butter Frosting:

1/2 cup butter
4 cup powdered sugar
1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 Tablespoon milk

Instructions

Making the Banana Bread Bars:

Heat oven to 375F. Grease and flour a 9x13 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.
Spread batter evenly into pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Brown Butter Frosting:

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.
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).

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Notes

Updated on May 18, 2020

Originally Posted on: November 7, 2012

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