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Banana Bars with Brown Butter Frosting

By Kathi & Rachel

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These bars are great for a crowd.  Baked in a sheet pan you get enough to feed that banana loving crowd of yours!

Banana Bars stacked up

 

In an attempt to wean myself off of my current Peanut Butter Crinkle Cookie obsession, I made Banana Bars.  For some reason it made sense to me to make something that I didn’t crave.  It’s like ordering bourbon when you want wine so you don’t drink too much.  But really, all that happens is you end up loving bourbon.  Same concept here.  Now I crave these Banana Bars (and bourbon)…I really am hopeless.

Besides loving the incredible sugar rush I got from licking the frosting bowl, I also loved that this recipe is baked in a sheet pan.  When I am not obsessing over Peanut Butter Crinkle cookies then I’m obsessing over new things to make on a sheet pan.  It’s a hobby..a sheety one!  Oh come on let me have one sheety joke!

I love sheet pan cooking so much that I created a new Pinterest board just to house them and you can see that here.  I have a few more recipes on sheet pans in the works.  Still working on a salmon version that doesn’t look like sheet….Ha!  Zing!  Gotcha!  Never gets old does it?

Super easy recipe that I hope you will try!  Only note is to make the frosting during the last 10 minutes of the bars baking so you can frost while the bars are warm!

Clink!

Kathi

 

Banana Bars with Brown Butter Frosting
3.77 from 17 votes
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Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 

Banana bars that feed a crowd!  These bars are baked on a sheet pan.  The flavor is fabulous and the brown butter frosting is a perfect addition.

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 24
: 254 kcal
: Kathi & Rachel
Ingredients
For the bars
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 very ripe bananas
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
Brown Butter Frosting
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1-1/2 teaspoon . vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoons milk
Instructions
  1. Bars
  2. Cream together butter and sugar using an electric mixer. Beat in eggs, bananas and vanilla.
  3. Combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add to the banana mixture and mix well.
  4. Pour into buttered 15 x 10 x 1 in baking pan
  5. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until lightly browned and springs back easily when touched.
  6. Brown Butter Frosting
  7. About 10 minutes before bars are done. Begin the frosting: Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat until boiling. Continue boiling for about 3-5 minutes until the butter becomes a light brown. Remove from heat.
  8. Add powdered sugar, vanilla extract and milk. Whisk together until smooth. You will want this a bit thinner than frosting so it spread easily on the warm bars. Using a spatula, spread the brown butter frosting over the warm bars.
Nutrition Facts
Banana Bars with Brown Butter Frosting
Amount Per Serving
Calories 254 Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 5g25%
Cholesterol 40mg13%
Sodium 171mg7%
Potassium 74mg2%
Carbohydrates 43g14%
Sugar 34g38%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 280IU6%
Vitamin C 1.3mg2%
Calcium 10mg1%
Iron 0.6mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

 

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  1. Catherine Adams says

    March 25, 2020 at 6:00 pm

    3 stars
    These have a delicious taste. I just ran into an issue with frosting being too thick…..followed receipe to a tee. I just browned mire butter and added to frosting mixture. Not sure what happened. But they are delicious…watch out…very adficting!!

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    • Kathi & Rachel says

      March 26, 2020 at 8:11 am

      Hi Catherine, sorry the frosting didn’t work for you. It’s very easy to be off powdered sugar measurement as it an be compact or loose depending on how you store it. Adding a tablespoon of milk will usually take care of a dry frosting.

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  2. Pat says

    May 1, 2015 at 1:53 pm

    Kathi, you are just too funny! :)……I love all your cookie posts and this really looks terrific. You must have an extensive cookie recipe collection. I will check out your sheet board…:)

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