Categories: Cakes, Desserts

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 3 to 4 ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
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• Brown Butter Frosting:
• 1/2 cup butter (I used 1/2 stick unsalted butter and 1/2 stuck salted butter.)
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 tablespoon milk

Directions

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease and flour a 17×12 inch jelly roll pan.

2. BARS: In a large bowl beat together sugar, sour cream, butter and eggs until creamy.

3. Blend in bananas (I used 3) and vanilla. Add flour, baking soda, salt, and blend for 1 minute. Stir in optional nuts.

4. Spread batter evenly into pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

5. FROSTING: Meanwhile heat butter in a large saucepan over medium heat until boiling. Let the butter turn a delicate brown and remove from heat. Be careful, this browns quickly.

6. Add powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. Whisk together until smooth (it should be thicker than a glaze but thinner than frosting).

7. Using a spatula, spread frosting over the warm bars (frosting will be easier to spread while the bars are still warm).

8. I sprinkled toasted pecans on top of the frosting on 1/2 of the cake as some people do not care for nuts.

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