Sour Cream-Banana Bars with Browned Butter Frosting Source: Betty Crocker's Best of Baking: More Than 350 of America's Favorite Recipes by Betty CrockerMakes 4 dozen bars 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup sour cream 1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas (about 3 large) 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup chopped nuts Browned Butter Frosting (recipe follows) Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease and flour je1ly roll pan. 15 1/2x10 1/2x1 inch, Mix sugar, sour cream, margarine and eggs in large mixer howl on low speed, scraping howl occasionally, 1 minute. Beat in bananas and vanilla on low speed 30 seconds. Beat in flour, salt and baking soda on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, 1 minute. Stir in nuts. Spread dough in pan. Bake until light brown 20 to 25 minutes. Cool: Frost with Browned Butter Frosting. Cut into bars, about 2x1 1/2 inches. BROWNED BUTTER ICING: 1/3 cup margarine or butter 3 cups powdered sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla About 2 tablespoons milk Heat margarine over medium heat until delicate brown. Mix in powdered sugar. Beat in vanilla and milk until smooth and of spreading consistency.
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