Banana Bread Brownies

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Ingredients:
Banana Bread Bars:
1-1/2 C sugar
1 C sour cream
1/2 C butter, softened
2 eggs
1-3/4 C (3 or 4) ripe bananas, mashed
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 C all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 C chopped walnuts (optional)

Brown Butter Frosting:
1/2 c. butter
4 c. powdered sugar
1-1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 tbsp. milk

Directions:
Bars:

1. Heat oven to 375F.
2. Grease and flour 15x10-inch jelly roll pan.
3. In a large bowl, beat together sugar, sour cream, butter, and eggs until creamy. Blend in bananas and vanilla extract. Add flour, baking soda, salt, and blend for 1 minute. Stir in walnuts.
4. Spread batter evenly into pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Frosting:

1. Heat butter in a large saucepan over medium heat until boiling. Let the butter turn a delicate brown and remove from heat immediately.
2. Add powdered sugar, vanilla extract and milk. 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).