'Winning' Banana Bars {Browned Butter & Caramel Frosting}
These Southern-Kissed 'Winning' Banana Bars are so moist, light and fluffy and are paired with a sinfully rich, outrageous Browned Butter & Caramel Frosting that will have you 'Wowww'-ing for days!
Servings: 36 Servings
Calories:
Ingredients
'WINNING' BANANA BARS
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 cups bananas 3-4 ripened and mashed
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
BROWNED BUTTER & CARAMEL FROSTING
- ½ cup butter unsalted
- ¼ cup caramel dip or caramel sauce
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3-5 tablespoons Cashew milk or whatever milk you want to use
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Toppings
- ¼ - 1 cup cup chopped walnuts optional
- ¼ - 1 cup chopped mini semi-sweet chocolate chips optional
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375F. Spray with non-stick spray or cover pan with tin foil, (non-stick if you have it, otherwise spray it with non-stick spray) 15x10-inch jelly roll pan. Half the recipe if you want to use a 9x13 pan.
'WINNING' BANANA BARS
- In a large bowl, using mixer, beat together sugars, sour cream, butter, and eggs until creamy.
- Add in bananas and vanilla extract and blend.
- Add flour, baking soda, salt, and continue to beat for 1 minute.
- Spread batter evenly into pan.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
- While bars are baking, you can make the frosting.
BROWNED BUTTER & CARAMEL FROSTING
- Heat butter in a large saucepan over medium heat until boiling and let butter turn a delicate brown color, then remove from heat immediately.
- Add powdered sugar, vanilla extract, caramel dip and milk.
- Whisk together all the ingredients until smooth. Frosting should be thicker than glaze but thinner than frosting.
- Using a spatula, spread the brown butter frosting over the banana bars while they are still warm. I added the frosting about 15 minutes after I took the banana bars out of the oven. It makes it easier to spread onto the cake. YUM!!!
Notes
You could probably get by with making a 1/2 batch of the frosting recipe on these bars, if you want to still have the richness but not as many calories. I went all the way, my thighs will thank me later. :)