1-1/2 c. sugar
1 c. sour cream
1/2 c. butter, softened
2 eggs
1-3/4 c. (3 or 4) ripe bananas, mashed
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 c. all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. chopped walnuts (optional)
1/2 c. butter
4 c. powdered sugar
1-1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 Tbsp. milk
Directions:
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.
Spread batter evenly
into pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Meanwhile...
Frosting, heat butter in a large saucepan over medium heat
until boiling. Let the butter turn a delicate brown and remove from heat
immediately.
Make sure to pay close attention. The 'turn' happens quickly and before you know it, you'll have extra burnt butter, which is not good...
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).
Yield: 2 dozen large bars
