Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

If you’ve got a couple of ripe bananas sitting on your counter, this is exactly what you should make! These Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting are moist, flavorful, and topped with a creamy, dreamy frosting that melts in your mouth. It’s everything you love about banana bread — but in dessert bar form! Perfect for potlucks, family gatherings, or just a sweet afternoon treat.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

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Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 30

Cooling: 1

Total Time: 1 45

Servings: servings

Calories: 380kcal

Ingredients

½ cup Butter room temperature
1½ cup Sugar
2 cups flour
¼ tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking Soda
2 large Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
1 cup Milk
2 each Bananas Mashed
4 oz Cream Cheese room temperature
¾ cup Butter room temperature
1 tsp Vanilla
2 cup Powdered Sugar
1 tsp Milk

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 9x13 baking pan.
In a mixing bowl cream together the butter and sugar together.
Add the flour, salt, baking soda, eggs, vanilla, and milk. Mix well.
Lastly, mix in the mashed bananas.
Pour batter into the greased baking pan.
Bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and cool.
While the bars are baking mix the softened cream cheese until smooth. Add the butter and mix well.
Add in the vanilla, powdered sugar, and the milk. Mix until smooth.
When the bars are cooled, spread on the cream cheese frosting.

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