Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
Frosted Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting is a perfectly delicious and totally moist dessert - no need to toss those overly ripe bananas! This better than ever banana bar serves a crowd and is the perfect potluck dessert bar. Delicious banana recipe to use left over bananas!
Servings: 24 Banana Bar Squares
Calories: 215kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup 1 stick, butter, softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas about 2-3 bananas
- 1 tub 16 oz, cream cheese frosting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 and grease a 9x13x2 baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt and mix well.
- Set banana batter aside.
- Using a hand mixer, add softened butter and white sugar and beat well, for around 3 minutes, until butter is light and fluffy.
- Fold in 2 eggs, sour cream and vanilla into the butter bowl and beat well.
- Add mashed ripe bananas to the same mixture and combine again.
- Dump in dry flour ingredients and beat all ingredients just until mixed (do not over mix).
- Pour banana bar batter into prepared pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean.
- Let Banana bars cool completely before frosting or the whipped cream cheese frosting will melt.
- To decorate with frosting, its super easy to use pre-made cream cheese frosting. Use a piping bag and 1M frosting tip to really dress up the top layer or if short on time, simply spread frosting on with a spatula.
- Makes 24 square Banana Bars
Notes
- Please note that a baking sheet is not the same as a cookie sheet. Baking sheets, also called bakeware, are at least 2 inches tall, unlike cookie sheets which can be flat or lipped around 1 inch. No matter what you use, you need it to be 2 inches tall on the sides or more.
- Optional topping for Banana Bars: Top cream cheese frosting with walnuts pieces or slices of fresh cut-up bananas right before serving.
- It's not hard to make one of the best banana recipes with ripe bananas. No waste here! Just like banana bread, these banana bars are a lovely change from the same old cake or banana bread. Easily use different frosting tips to change the look of the frosted top.
- Try other frosting flavors: Banana Bars are great with cream cheese frosting but maple brown butter frosting, chocolate chip frosting, and whipped brown butter frosting are all great options.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 215kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 216mg | Sugar: 22g