Tally me Banana Bar

Ingredients:

Banana Bread Bars:

1-1/2 cup sugar

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup butter, softened

2 eggs

1-3/4 cups (3 or 4) ripe bananas, mashed

2 tsp spiced rum

2 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

3/4 tsp salt

1/4 cup chocolate chips

Brown Butter Frosting:

1/2 cup butter

4 cup powdered sugar

1-1/2 tsp spiced rum

3 tbsp milk

Directions:

1.  Heat oven to 375F.  Grease a 10x13-inch jelly roll pan.  For the bars, in a large bowl, beat together sugar, sour cream, butter, and eggs until creamy.  Blend in bananas and spiced rum.  Add flour, baking soda, salt, and blend for 1 minute.  Sprinkle chocolate chips on the surface.

2.  Spread batter evenly into pan.  Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

3.  Meanwhile, for frosting, heat butter in a large saucepan over medium heat until boiling.  Let the butter turn a delicate brown and remove from heat immediately.

4.  Add powdered sugar, spiced rum and milk (1 tbsp at a time).  Whisk together until smooth, it should be thicker than a glaze but thinner than frosting.  Using a spatula, spread the brown butter frosting over the warm bars, the frosting will be easier to spread while the bars are still warm. 

Yield: 2 dozen large bars