Browned Butter Banana Bread Brownies

Brownie Ingredients

1 1/2 C sugar

1 C light sour cream

1/4 C butter, browned on the stove*

3-4 ripe bananas, mashed

2 tsp vanilla

2 C flour

1 tsp baking soda

3/4 tsp salt 

Directions 

In a small sauce pan, melt butter over medium high heat, watch carefully when it reaches a medium brown color turn off heat, let cool slightly. Preheat oven to 375 degrees, spray with cooking spray a 10×15 pan (jelly roll pan). Beat together first 3 ingredients, mix well. Add mashed bananas and vanilla, mix well. Add 1 cup flour at a time, then add baking soda, and salt, mix just until incorporated. Bake 15-20 minutes or until springs back with a light touch and golden brown. 5 minutes before the brownies are done make the frosting.

Browned Butter Frosting Ingredients 

1/2 C butter, browned on stove

4 C powdered sugar

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

3 Tbsp milk

Directions 

In a small sauce pan melt butter over medium high heat, watch carefully when it reaches a medium brown color turn off heat, whisk in 1 C powdered sugar at a time, adding milk as it thickens, then add in vanilla. Pour onto hot from the oven brownies and spread evenly. Cool and serve.

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*If you've never made browned butter (I hadn't), here are some helpful instructions from Simply Recipes.  I suggest you read this first.  Otherwise, you might make burned butter on your first try (I did!).