Recipe details Easy · 12 servings
Nutrition Per Serving
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BANANA BARS
A delightful alternative to banana bread, these moist banana bars are baked and frosted with a scrumptious burned butter frosting to create a perfect dessert treat.
Ingredients
- • 1 1/2 cups sugar
- • 1 cup yogurt or low-fat sour cream like IMO
- • 1/2 cup margarine
- • 2 eggs
- • 1 1/2 to 2 cups mashed ripe bananas (3 large - 4 medium)
- • 2 tsp. vanilla
- • 2 cups flour
- • 1 tsp salt
- • 1 tsp. baking soda
- • 1/4 cup butter
- • 1 tsp. vanilla
- • 3 TBS. milk or half and half
- • 2 cups powdered sugar
Method
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- Preheat oven to 350 F
- Grease a jelly roll pan
| 1 1/2 cups sugar | beat | mix | stir in | bake 350 F 18-25 min | cool | spread |
| 1 cup yogurt or low-fat sour cream like IMO | ||||||
| 1/2 cup margarine | ||||||
| 2 eggs | ||||||
| 1 1/2 to 2 cups mashed ripe bananas (3 large - 4 medium) | ||||||
| 2 tsp. vanilla | ||||||
| 2 cups flour | ||||||
| 1 tsp salt | ||||||
| 1 tsp. baking soda | ||||||
| 1/4 cup butter | brown | mix | ||||
| 1 tsp. vanilla | ||||||
| 3 TBS. milk or half and half | ||||||
| 2 cups powdered sugar |
1 beat 4 ingredients
Beat the sugar, yogurt or sour cream, margarine, and eggs until well combined.
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup yogurt or low-fat sour cream like IMO
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 2 eggs
2 mix 2 ingredients
Mix the mashed bananas and vanilla into the beaten mixture.
From: beat
- 1 1/2 to 2 cups mashed ripe bananas (3 large - 4 medium)
- 2 tsp. vanilla
3 stir in 3 ingredients
Stir in the flour, salt, and baking soda until just combined, then fold the batter together without overmixing.
From: mix
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp. baking soda
4 bake 350 F 18-25 min
Spread the batter evenly in the prepared jelly roll pan and bake at 350 F for 18 to 25 minutes, until set.
From: stir in
5 cool
Cool the baked banana bars completely in the pan before frosting.
From: bake 350 F 18-25 min
6 brown 1 ingredient
Cook the butter in a saucepan over medium heat until it turns light brown, watching closely to prevent burning.
- 1/4 cup butter
7 mix 3 ingredients
Mix the vanilla, milk or half and half, and powdered sugar into the browned butter until smooth and spreadable.
From: brown
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 3 TBS. milk or half and half
- 2 cups powdered sugar
8 spread
Spread the burned butter frosting evenly over the cooled banana bars.
From: cool, mix
- 1
beat
Beat the sugar, yogurt or sour cream, margarine, and eggs until well combined.
1 1/2 cups sugar; 1 cup yogurt or low-fat sour cream like IMO; 1/2 cup margarine; 2 eggs
- 2
mix
Mix the mashed bananas and vanilla into the beaten mixture.
1 1/2 to 2 cups mashed ripe bananas (3 large - 4 medium); 2 tsp. vanilla
- 3
stir in
Stir in the flour, salt, and baking soda until just combined, then fold the batter together without overmixing.
2 cups flour; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp. baking soda
- 4
bake 350 F 18-25 min
Spread the batter evenly in the prepared jelly roll pan and bake at 350 F for 18 to 25 minutes, until set.
- 5
cool
Cool the baked banana bars completely in the pan before frosting.
- 6
brown
Cook the butter in a saucepan over medium heat until it turns light brown, watching closely to prevent burning.
1/4 cup butter
- 7
mix
Mix the vanilla, milk or half and half, and powdered sugar into the browned butter until smooth and spreadable.
1 tsp. vanilla; 3 TBS. milk or half and half; 2 cups powdered sugar
- 8
spread
Spread the burned butter frosting evenly over the cooled banana bars.
Text instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F
Grease a jelly roll pan
Beat the sugar, yogurt or sour cream, margarine, and eggs until well combined.
Mix the mashed bananas and vanilla into the beaten mixture.
Stir in the flour, salt, and baking soda until just combined, then fold the batter together without overmixing.
Spread the batter evenly in the prepared jelly roll pan and bake at 350 F for 18 to 25 minutes, until set.
Cool the baked banana bars completely in the pan before frosting.
Cook the butter in a saucepan over medium heat until it turns light brown, watching closely to prevent burning.
Mix the vanilla, milk or half and half, and powdered sugar into the browned butter until smooth and spreadable.
Spread the burned butter frosting evenly over the cooled banana bars.
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