Sour Cream Banana Bars
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These yummy, classic Sour Cream Banana Bars have always been a favorite for as long as I can remember. They’re slightly tangy, delicious banana bars recipe with a creamy layer of luscious cream cheese frosting on top to make everyone happy!
They are super moist due to the ripe bananas, eggs and sour cream used to make them, and that’s why we dearly love them, like this Banana Snack Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and these 25 Banana Recipes for Ripe Bananas!
This invaluable, keepsake banana bar recipe using sour cream is definitely one of those that always gets saved in the favorite recipes’ box!
It’s wonderful for after school snacking, bake-sales, potlucks and my favorite reason, just because!! Plenty of Yummy Sour Cream Banana Bars to go around! They’re made in a 9×13 pan. Cut them as you wish!
Subsequently, do you get excited when you have ripe bananas hanging around? There are so many banana baked goods you can make, especially here on the blog. Just put ‘banana‘ in the search engine and you’ll find a multitude of them.
It’s hard to pick a favorite. So you might as well start with these Yummy Sour Cream Banana Bars!
Ingredients You Need
Sour Cream Banana Bars Recipe
- all-purpose flour
- baking soda
- salt
- unsalted butter softened
- granulated sugar
- egg
- sour cream
- vanilla extract
- 2-3 medium ripe bananas mashed, depending on your banana taste – 2 bananas were used in this recipe, but you can use up to 3 if you want, just remember they will be more dense, but still yummy!!
Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
- butter at room temperature
- package cream cheese, at room temperature
- powdered sugar
- vanilla extract
How to Make Sour Cream Banana Bars
Sour Cream Banana Bars
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Spray a 9×13-inch baking pan with non-stick spray or parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt, set aside.
- Using an electric mixer, in another bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add in eggs, one at a time, mixing in between adding eggs. Beat in the sour cream, then the vanilla extract until incorporated, set aside.
- Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, then stir in the mashed bananas. Transfer the batter to the prepared baking pan.
- Bake until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes.
- Cool the cake completely before frosting.
How to Make Cream Cheese Frosting
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Using mixer, in a large bowl, cream the butter and the cream sugar together in a bowl. Slowly add the powdered sugar and mix until completely smooth. Frost the cake with the frosting.
Sour Cream Alternative
I know some people might be turned off by sour cream. So, as a replacement, you can always use plain Greek yogurt instead. As a note, just make sure it’s not flavored with vanilla, if you want the slightly tangy factor, like sour cream.
Cream Cheese Frosting Alternatives
I’m partial to cream cheese frosting especially with these bars…sooo good and tasty together, but these would be really good with a brown butter frosting as well.
- As for the frosting, you can frost these with store-bought prepared cream cheese frosting if you want, or buy another other flavor for that matter.
- You could also dust these banana lovelies with some powdered sugar if you want to cut down calories.
Storing Banana Bars
Store frosted bars for 4-5 days in an airtight container with the cream cheese frosting in the fridge since we they have cream cheese frosting. Can also be stored in the fridge or freezer.
If freezing, just thaw at room temperature or in the fridge. Make sure to keep the bars covered in plastic wrap or an airtight container when thawing and place back in fridge if thawing at room temperature.
In conclusion, Sour Cream Banana Bars are an underrated yet deliciously easy-to-make treat with delicious banana flavor.
They put a creative spin on the classic banana bread or banana cake by adding a layer of cream cheese frosting, giving them a special twist that is sure to be a hit with the whole family.
More Banana-Worthy Recipes!
- Perfect Banana Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Sour Cream Banana Bread
- Fluffy Banana Bread Cinnamon Rolls
- Banana Pound Cake & Milk Chocolate Glaze
- Heavenly Frosted Banana Bars
- Luscious Lemon Sour Cream Pie!
- Super Easy Banana Bread Recipe
Yummy Sour Cream Banana Bars
Ingredients
Sour Cream Banana Bars
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-3 medium ripe bananas mashed, depending on your banana taste
Cream Cheese Frosting
- ½ cup butter at room temperature
- 1 8-ounce package cream cheese at room temperature
- 2 ¼ cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Sour Cream Banana Bars
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Spray a 9×13-inch baking pan with non-stick spray or parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt, set aside.
- Using mixer, in another bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add in eggs, one at a time, mixing in between adding eggs. Beat in the sour cream, then the vanilla extract until incorporated, set aside.
- Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, then stir in the mashed bananas. Transfer the batter to the prepared baking pan.
- Bake until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes.
- Cool the cake completely before frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Using mixer, cream the butter and the cream sugar together in a bowl. Slowly add the powdered sugar and mix until completely smooth. Frost the cake with the frosting.
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