Recipe: Sour Cream-Banana Bars with Browned Butter Frosting

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 Crocker
Makes 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.