Banana Bread Bars with Vanilla Bean Browned Butter Glaze

I love banana bread anything and could eat it every day and not get sick of it.

I have 40+ banana bread and banana recipes but no banana bread bars. What? Time to change that.

The bars combine two of my favorite recipes into one: Cream-Cheese Filled Banana Bread and Fudgy Banana Bread Bars with Vanilla Bean Browned Butter Glaze.

It’s a fast and easy recipe that uses melted coconut oil so there’s no butter to cream and no mixer to dirty. Oil keeps bread softer and springier than butter, and I prefer the taste. Coconut oil adds a nearly imperceptible undertone that’s sweeter and more fragrant than canola or vegetable oil, but substitute if you prefer.

INGREDIENTS:
Bars

• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup liquid-state coconut oil (canola or vegetable may be substituted)
• 1/4 cup cup sour cream (lite is okay; or Greek yogurt may be substituted)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 large/3 med bananas)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2  teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2  teaspoon baking soda
• pinch salt, optional and to taste

Glaze

• 6 tablespoons (3/4 of 1 stick) unsalted butter, browned (how to brown butter tutorial)
• 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste (or seeds from 1 large vanilla bean; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract may be substituted)
• pinch salt, optional and to taste
• about 1/4 to 1/3 cup cream or milk, or as necessary for consistency

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 9-by-9-inch baking pan with aluminum foil, spray with cooking spray; set aside.
2. Bars – To a large bowl, add the egg, brown sugar, coconut oil, sour cream, vanilla, and whisk to combine.
3. Add the bananas and stir to incorporate.
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