Banana Bread Bars with Vanilla Bean Browned Butter Glaze
Banana Bread Bars with Vanilla Bean Browned Butter Glaze is a bread that serves 1. For $5.3 per serving, this recipe covers 37% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 24g of protein, 142g of fat, and a total of 3277 calories. If you have bananas, sour cream, balsamic glaze, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 2177 people have tried and liked this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 38 minutes. It is brought to you by Averie Cooks. Overall, this recipe earns an awesome spoonacular score of 87%. Try Fudgy Banana Bars with Vanilla Bean Browned Butter Glaze, Fudgy Pumpkin Bars with Vanilla Bean Browned Butter Glaze, and Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Bean Browned Butter Glaze for similar recipes.
Servings: 1
Preparation duration: 10 minutes
Cooking duration: 28 minutes
Ingredients:
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Glaze
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 large/3 bananas)
1/4 cup liquid-state coconut oil (canola or vegetable may be substituted)
2 cups confectioners' sugar
Bars
1 large egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
pinch salt, optional and to taste
1/4 cup cup sour cream (lite is okay; or Greek yogurt may be substituted)
6 tablespoons (3/4 of 1 stick) unsalted butter, browned (how to brown butter tutorial)
2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste (or seeds from 1 large vanilla bean; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract may be substituted)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
about 1/4 to 1/3 cup cream or milk, or as necessary for consistency
Equipment:
aluminum foil
baking pan
whisk
bowl
oven
spatula
frying pan
toothpicks
wire rack
sauce pan
mixing bowl
Cooking instruction summary:
Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 9-by-9-inch baking pan with aluminum foil, spray with cooking spray; set aside. Bars- To a large bowl, add the egg, brown sugar, coconut oil, sour cream, vanilla, and whisk to combine. Add the bananas and stir to incorporate. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, optional salt, and fold with spatula or stir gently with a spoon until just combined; don't overmix. Turn batter out into the prepared pan, smoothing the top lightly with a spatula and pushing it into corners and sides as necessary. Bake for about 27 to 28 minutes (start watching closely by 25 minutes) or untilthe center is golden and set, springy when touched lightly, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter. Baking times will vary based on moisture content in bananas; bake until your bars are done. Place pan onto of a wire rack to cool while you make the glaze. Glaze- Brown the butter(click for tutorial).Cook butter over medium-high heat in a small saucepan until it's amber to brown in color, about 5 minutes depending on pan size, but watch it closely so it doesn't burn. I swirl the pan in the last minute or so to make sure I can really see the color changes. Butter will go through stages of hissing, sputtering, and making noise until the water cooks off at which point the browning occurs. Butter will smell nutty and aromatic. Transfer butter, including brown bits at the bottom of the pan (they're flavor powerhouses, keep them) from pan to large mixing bowl which stops carryover cooking. Add the confectioners' sugar, vanilla bean paste, optional salt, and slowly add the milk, whisking until smooth. As necessary, add additional cream(or confectioners' sugar) to reach desired glaze consistency. Glaze should be of medium thickness and easily pourable. Evenly pour glaze over bars (they don't have to be cooled first), smoothing it lightly with a spatula if necessary, but glaze will likely just slide into place. Allow bars to cool in pan uncovered for at least 2 to 3 hours, (or overnight and cover with a sheet of foil) before slicing and serving so glaze canset up.Bars will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week (I'm comfortable storing glazed items at room temp), or in the freezer for up to 6 months. Adapted fromCream-Cheese Filled Banana BreadandFudgy Banana Bread Bars with Vanilla Bean Browned Butter Glaze
Step by step:
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 9-by-9-inch baking pan with aluminum foil, spray with cooking spray; set aside. Bars- To a large bowl, add the egg, brown sugar, coconut oil, sour cream, vanilla, and whisk to combine.
2. Add the bananas and stir to incorporate.
3. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, optional salt, and fold with spatula or stir gently with a spoon until just combined; don't overmix. Turn batter out into the prepared pan, smoothing the top lightly with a spatula and pushing it into corners and sides as necessary.
4. Bake for about 27 to 28 minutes (start watching closely by 25 minutes) or untilthe center is golden and set, springy when touched lightly, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter. Baking times will vary based on moisture content in bananas; bake until your bars are done.
5. Place pan onto of a wire rack to cool while you make the glaze. Glaze- Brown the butter(click for tutorial).Cook butter over medium-high heat in a small saucepan until it's amber to brown in color, about 5 minutes depending on pan size, but watch it closely so it doesn't burn. I swirl the pan in the last minute or so to make sure I can really see the color changes. Butter will go through stages of hissing, sputtering, and making noise until the water cooks off at which point the browning occurs. Butter will smell nutty and aromatic.
6. Transfer butter, including brown bits at the bottom of the pan (they're flavor powerhouses, keep them) from pan to large mixing bowl which stops carryover cooking.
7. Add the confectioners' sugar, vanilla bean paste, optional salt, and slowly add the milk, whisking until smooth. As necessary, add additional cream(or confectioners' sugar) to reach desired glaze consistency. Glaze should be of medium thickness and easily pourable. Evenly pour glaze over bars (they don't have to be cooled first), smoothing it lightly with a spatula if necessary, but glaze will likely just slide into place. Allow bars to cool in pan uncovered for at least 2 to 3 hours, (or overnight and cover with a sheet of foil) before slicing and serving so glaze canset up.Bars will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week (I'm comfortable storing glazed items at room temp), or in the freezer for up to 6 months. Adapted from
8. Cream-Cheese Filled Banana Breadand
9. Fudgy Banana Bread Bars with Vanilla Bean Browned Butter Glaze
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