Recipe: Sour Cream-Banana Bars with Browned Butter Frosting

Sour Cream-Banana Bars with Browned Butter Frosting
rec.food.recipes/Nona Adam (1995)
Yield 4 dozen bars

This comes out like a cake.

1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup dairy sour cream
1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas (about 3 large)
2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Browned Butter Frosting (below)

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease and flour jelly roll pan, 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1 inch. Mix sugar, sour cream, margarine and eggs in large mixer bowl on low speed, scraping bowl 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 2 x 1 1/2 inches.

Browned Butter Frosting
(I usually double the frosting recipe)

Heat 1/4 cup margarine or butter over medium heat until delicate brown; remove from heat. Mix in 2 cups powdered sugar. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla and 3 tablespoons milk until smooth and of spreading consistency.