Perfect Sour Cream Banana Bars With Browned Butter Frosting Food

SOUR CREAM BANANA BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10×15 jelly roll pan.
• In bowl of an electric mixer (or you can use a hand mixer), combine the sugar, sour cream, butter and eggs. Mix on low speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until combined. Add bananas and vanilla and mix on low speed for about 30 seconds.
• Add flour, salt and baking soda and mix on medium speed just until combined (about 1 minute). Pour into prepared pan and bake 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool until just slightly warm and frost with Browned Butter Frosting (recipe below).

BANANA BREAD BARS WITH BROWN BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. 1. Heat oven to 375F. Grease and flour 15x10-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. 2. Spread batter evenly into pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• 3. 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. 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).

SOUR CREAM BANANA BARS

Steps:

• Grease and flour jelly roll pan.
• Cream butter and sugar, add sour cream and eggs and beat for 1 minute. Add bananas and vanilla - mix well. Beat in flour, salt, and soda on medium for 1 minute. Stir in nuts if desired.
• Pour and spread dough in pan.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
• Let cool for 10-15 minutes, then frost with Brown Butter Frosting.

SOUR CREAM BANANA BARS WITH BROWN BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 15-1/2 x 10-1/2 x 1 inch jelly roll pan.
• In bowl of a stand mixer combine sugar, sour cream, butter and eggs on low speed for 1 minute; scrape the sides of the bowl once or twice to ensure that the ingredients are all combined.
• Add the bananas and vanilla and beat for 30 seconds on low speed.
• Add the flour, salt and baking soda and beat until combined; medium speed, scraping bowl when necessary, for about 1 minute.
• Fold in the nuts, if desired.
• Spread dough in prepared pan; use a spatula to get the dough evenly spread on the pan.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until light brown.
• Cool in the pan.
• Prepare the frosting by heating the butter in a medium size saucepan over medium heat until slightly frothy and just brown but not burned; remove from heat.
• Mix in the powdered sugar, vanilla and milk; whisk until smooth and fluffy.
• Spread frosting on cooled cake.
• Cut into 2 x 2 inch bars.

BANANA BREAD BARS WITH BROWN BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• 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.

MONKEY BARS -- BANANA BARS WITH BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease and flour a 10×15 jelly roll pan. Beat first four ingredients until creamy. Blend in bananas and vanilla until incorporated. Add dry ingredients and blend one minute. Sitr in nuts and spread in pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes -until light brown and center springs back to the touch (don't over bake). Cool and frost with Browned Butter Frosting.
• For the frosting: 1/2 cup butter.
• 2 cups powdered sugar.
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla.
• 3 tablespoons milk.
• Heat butter in saucepan over medium heat past the melting point until it boils and turns a delicate brown.Remove from the heat and immediately wisk in the remaining ingredients. This should make a thick glaze. Using a spatula smooth over the top of the Monkey Bars immediately. Work quickly, it hardens fast!