Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Decadent banana bars with cream cheese frosting are a moist and tender dessert with a creamy sweet topping.

⏱ 60 min 🔨 Prep 20min 🔥 Cook 40min 📊 Medium 🍽 12 servings ⭐ 5.0 (30) 👁 6
Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

12 servings

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x13 pan.
  2. Mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a bowl and set aside.
  3. Cream butter and sugar with hand mixer until fluffy.
  4. Add eggs, milk, mashed banana, & lemon juice. Mix well.
  5. Stir the flour mixture and chopped nut into the wet mixture.
  6. Spread into the prepared pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.
  7. While the bars are cooling, beat cream cheese and butter with a hand mixer until fluffy. Mix in vanilla and a pinch of salt.
  8. Add powdered sugar, a bit at a time, until incorporated. Spread over the banana bars and serve.

Nutrition per serving

Protein4g
Carbs50g
Fat20g
388kcal
4gProtein
50gCarbs
20gFat

💰 Cost Estimate

Total Ingredients
$606.00
Per Serving
$51.00/serving
🏠 Savings
~$1212.00 vs buying!
📋 Price Breakdown (88% ingredients detected)
IngredientAmountSubtotal
all-purpose flour 1.5 cups $12.00
baking soda 0.5 tsp $1.00
cinnamon 0.5 tsp $15.00
salt 0.5 tsp $1.00
unsalted Challenge butter 0.5 cup $130.00
granulated sugar 1 cup $39.00
eggs 2 large $65.00
milk 0.333 cup $8.00
mashed bananas 0.5 cup -
fresh lemon juice 1 tsp $3.00
finely chopped pecans 0.5 cup -
cream cheese 4 oz $168.00
unsalted Challenge butter 3 tbsp $49.00
vanilla extract 1 tsp $76.00
pinch salt 1 $20.00
powdered sugar 1.5 cups $19.00

*Estimated market prices, may vary by region

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Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ cup unsalted Challenge butter (1 stick, softened )
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • ⅓ cup milk
  • ½ cup mashed bananas (about 2 small ripe bananas)
  • 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
  • ½ cup finely chopped pecans (optional)
  • 4 oz cream cheese (softened)
  • 3 tbsp unsalted Challenge butter (softened)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar

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