Banana Bread Bars

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Ingredients

Banana Bread Bars:

• 1/2 c. chopped walnuts (optional)
• 3/4 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 c. all purpose flour
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 to 3/4 (3 or 4) ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 c. butter, softened
• 1 c. sour cream
• 1 to 1/2 c. sugar

Brown Butter Frosting:

• 3 tbsp. milk
• 1 to 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 4 c. powdered sugar
• 1/2 c. butter

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Instructions

1. Meanwhile, for frosting, heat butter in
2. Heat oven to 375F. Grease and flour
3. 15x10-inch jelly roll pan. For the bars, in
4. a large bowl, beat together sugar, sour
5. cream, butter, and eggs until creamy.
6. Blend in bananas and vanilla extract. Add
7. flour, baking soda, salt, and blend for 1
8. minute. Stir in walnuts.
9. Spread batter evenly into pan. Bake 20
10. to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
11. while the bars are still warm).
12. a large saucepan over medium heat until
13. boiling. Let the butter turn a delicate
14. brown and remove from heat
15. Add powdered sugar, vanilla extract
16. and milk. Whisk together until smooth (it
17. should be thicker than a glaze but thinner
18. than frosting). Using a spatula, spread
19. the brown butter frosting over the warm
20. bars (the frosting will be easier to spread

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Notes