This recipe works so well and it's so tasty and addictive (but sweet!). It's also a great way to use up ripe banana's if you're sick of chocolate chip banana bread (like our family is). Sit down with a friend and a cup of tea on a rainy day and enjoy a few of these squares. Recipe by Cookies and Cups.
Banana Blondies
Makes 16 blondies
Ingredients
Blondies:
- 1/2 cup butter, melted and if desired browned
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup mashed banana (1 medium banana)
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp. milk
- 1 cup powdered sugar
PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Line an 8x8 baking dish with foil and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
MIX in a bowl or stand mixer, melted (or browned) butter and sugar. Mix until combined. Add in egg and vanilla and continue mixing until incorporated. Stir in salt, flour and banana until batter is smooth and even. Spread in prepared pan.
BAKE for 25-30 minutes until center is set.
TRANSFER pan to wire rack to cool.
FROST the blondies when they are mostly cooled
Frosting:
1. In a medium saucepan melt butter. Add brown sugar and milk and stir until mixture comes to just a boil. Remove from heat, allow to cool for 5 minutes.
2. Stir in powdered sugar with a whisk adding more or less for desired consistency.
3. Spread on top of blondies and allow frosting to set and blondies to cool completely before cutting into squares.
NOTE: If you choose to brown the butter, melt butter in saucepan and continue cooking, once it's melted by swirling the butter in the pan until butter reaches a deep golden brown colour.
You can double the recipe and frosting easily if you need to use more than one banana. Just line a 9x13 pan with tin foil.
