banana bars with browned butter icing

These banana bars are all the qualities we love in a banana bread: moist, flavorful and did I mention moist? But what really throws these bars into delicious-land is the browned butter icing. SO good! 

You can make these into muffins, too and frost. Or…they taste amazing without any frosting at all. 

This is a hit. For family, friends, and beautiful enough for entertaining.

Here’s to overripe bananas. They are our friends…

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Ingredients:

For the bars:
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 & 3/4 cups mashed ripe bananas (3-4 bananas)
• 3/4 cups chopped pecans, toasted

For the icing:
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk*
• 1 & 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract