Banana Bars

Name: Banana Bars
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ½ cup unsalted butter, (softened); 1 cup sugar; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 3 eggs; 1 ½ cups mashed ripe bananas, (about 3-4 bananas); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 cups all-purpose flour or gluten free all-purpose flour, ((I recommend using Cup 4 Cup gluten free flour)); 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter; 2 ½ cups powdered sugar; ¼ teaspoon salt; 3 tablespoons milk

5 steps

Prep:5minCook:20min

Best homemade Banana Bars recipe is a cross between banana bread and banana cake with a gooey brown butter frosting slathered on moist, easy-to-make bars.

Updated at: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:51:37 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories149.9 kcal (7%)

Total Fat5.5 g (8%)

Carbs24.5 g (9%)

Sugars18.3 g (20%)

Protein1.3 g (3%)

Sodium62.3 mg (3%)

Fiber0.3 g (1%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

36 servings

½ cupunsalted butter

1 cupsugar

1 teaspoonvanilla extract

2 cupsall-purpose flour

or gluten free all-purpose flour, I recommend using Cup 4 Cup gluten free flour

1 teaspoonbaking soda

¼ teaspoonsalt

½ cupunsalted butter

2 ½ cupspowdered sugar

¼ teaspoonsalt

3 tablespoonsmilk

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 15X10 jellyroll baking pan (see recipe notes for 9x13 pan).

Step 2

In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. Beat in the eggs, mashed bananas and vanilla until well combined. Add flour, baking soda and salt; mix into creamed mixture until just blended.

Step 3

Pour batter into prepared baking pan. Bake 20-25 minutes, rotating pan 1/2 through baking. Bars are done when toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.

Brown Butter Frosting

Step 4

As soon as bars come out of oven, or a little before, start to make frosting. In a medium saucepan melt butter. Once the butter is fully melted watch carefully and stir occasionally so butter doesn't burn. First the butter will foam, then the milk solids will start to settle at the bottom. Watch for the milk solids to turn from white to golden brown. Once that happens, immediately remove from heat.

Step 5

Whisk in 1 cup powdered sugar, salt, and milk. Stir in remaining powdered sugar. Add more milk if necessary for a thinner consistency. Immediately pour and gently spread on warm bars using an offset spatula.

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