Truthfully, I've been dying to share this recipe since I made them earlier this week. I had seriously like 12 ripe bananas that I had frozen and needed to make banana bread with. (I have A LOT of banana bread in my freezer if anyone wants some!) But then I came across this recipe on this website.
And I made banana bars.
And they are heavenly. I'm not exaggerating.
I've been completely obsessed with her recipes ever since. I have tried out a few others and there are many more I'm going to try this week.
The frosting isn't completely necessary in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, it's incredible. Simply amazing. But, they tasted really really good without frosting as well...and you can save a few...ahem...hundred....calories that way! Enjoy!
Frosted Banana Bars
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (I used three ripe bananas)
- Frosting (recipe below)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 X 13 in. pan. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the sour cream and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; stir into the batter. Finally, mix in the mashed banana. Spread evenly into the prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow bars to cool completely before frosting.
Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream (I didn't have whipping cream, but I did have whipped cream which I used and it tasted good to me!)
In a large bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, salt and vanilla. Beat until light and fluffy. Set aside. In another medium bowl, beat whipped cream until stiff peaks form - it helps to use a chilled bowl and chilled beaters - (I skipped that part and just folded in my whipped cream). Fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture. Frost to your heart’s delight!
(I borrowed this picture from http://www.melskitchencafe.com/)
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I love melskitchencafe. It makes me drool looking at some of her recipes!
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