Banana Bread Bars With Brown Butter Frosting

Ingredients:

Banana Bread Bars:

1 1/2  cups sugar

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup butter, softened

2 eggs

1 3/4 cups (3 or 4) ripe or browning bananas, mashed

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

Brown Butter Frosting:

1/2 cup butter boiled to turned brown

4 cups powdered sugar

1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

3-5 tablespoons milk

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375º. Grease and flour a 15 by 10 inch jelly roll pan. 

Banana Bread Bars:

In a large bowl mix together sugar, sour cream, butter and eggs with an electric mixer until creamy. Mush bananas with a fork until no lumps. Add in the bananas and vanilla extract to the sour cream mixture. Add flour, baking soda, and salt, blend for at least a minute. Pour the banana bread mixture into the 15 by 10 inch pan and let bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. 

Brown Butter Frosting:

While the banana bread is cooking, start the brown butter frosting. Bring butter to a boil in a medium sized sauce pan. Let boil until butter turns just brown. Take right off the stove top after the butter turns brown, you don't want to burn the butter. (read on)

Butter Boiling

Butter Browned

Frosting Continued…. : 

With an electric mixer add powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and  2 tablespoons of milk. Mix for an additional 2 minutes to make frosting completely combined. If the frosting is too think add another tablespoon of milk, and add one more if it is still to thick.

Spread the frosting on to the cooled banana bread. Cut about 32 big bars. If you want to frost like i did, cut the bars first and then frost. Use a piping bag or a plastic bag with a small hole cut at the corner to create the look i did!