Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

By Lunds & Byerlys

July 28, 2024

When you have several bananas that are on the verge of becoming a little too ripe, try these moist, frosted dessert bars! A classic recipe from The Best of Byerly’s cookbook.

SERVINGS

50 bars

PREP TIME

35 min

COOK TIME

25 min

Ingredients

  • 1/2
    cup butter, softened
  • 1 1/4
    cups sugar
  • 2
    eggs
  • 1
    teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1
    cup mashed bananas (2 large bananas)
  • 1
    8-ounce container sour cream
  • 2
    cups flour
  • 1/4
    teaspoon salt
  • 1
    teaspoon baking soda
  • 1
    cup chopped pecans

For the cream cheese frosting:

  • 1
    3-ounce package cream cheese, softened
  • 3
    tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1 1/2
    cups powdered sugar
  • 1
    tablespoon milk
  • 1
    teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

  1. 1

    Grease and lightly flour a 10×15-inch jelly roll pan.

  2. 2

    Heat oven to 375 F.

  3. 3

    Cream butter and sugar; blend in eggs, vanilla, bananas and sour cream.

  4. 4

    Combine dry ingredients; stir with pecans into creamed mixture just until blended. Spread in prepared pan.

  5. 5

    Bake until bars test done with a wooden pick, about 25 minutes.

  6. 6

    Cool; spread with cream cheese frosting.

  7. 7

    To make the cream cheese frosting: Beat together all ingredients until smooth.

This recipe is brought to you by The Best of Byerly’s cookbook. Originally printed in 1985 with hundreds of popular recipes, the cookbook includes all types of foods, tastes and cooking styles. If you love this recipe, check out the entire cookbook!

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