Banana Bread Brownies with Browned Sugar

My son-in-law Doug made these for our Mother's Day BBQ.  He's an excellent cook and I always love what he makes.  This banana brownie (like banana bars) is no exception!  A new family favorite!  And I love the taste of browned butter!  We have two in our family that are gluten-free and Doug made these with Bob's Red Hill Baking Flour 1 to 1.  I guess not all gluten free flours are made equal in baking so try this one.  I also like Krusteaz gluten-free flour as well.

 

Banana Bread Brownies With Browned Butter Frosting

Brownies

• 1 ¹⁄_{2  cups sugar}
• 1 cup sour cream
• ¹⁄_{2  cup butter, softened}
• 2 eggs
• 3 -4 bananas, mashed
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ³⁄_{4 teaspoon salt}
• ¹⁄_{2 cup walnuts chopped (optional) (but I say No! No! No!)}

• Frosting

• ¹⁄_{2 cup butter}
• 4  cups powdered sugar
• 1 ¹⁄_{2 teaspoons vanilla extract}
• 3  tablespoons milk

NUTRITION INFO

Serving Size: 1 (137) g
Servings Per Recipe: 15

AMT. PER SERVING % DAILY VALUE

Calories: 436

Calories from Fat 146 g 34 %

Total Fat 16.3 g 25 %

Saturated Fat 9.9 g 49 %

Cholesterol 65.7 mg 21 %

Sodium 333 mg 13 %

Total Carbohydrate 70.8 g 23 %

Dietary Fiber 1.1 g 4 %

Sugars 54.9 g 219 %

Protein 3.4 g 6 %

 

DIRECTIONS

• Heat oven to 375°F 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, for frosting, heat butter in a large saucepan over medium heat until boiling. Let the butter turn a delicate brown and remove from heat immediately.
• 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