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Banana Bread Brownies with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

Banana Bread Brownies with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

  • For the Bars:
  • 1 ½ cups sugar or 3/4 cup Splenda/Truvia Baking Blend
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ¾ cups 3 or 4 ripe bananas, mashed
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • For the Frosting:
  • 4 oz. cream cheese very soft
  • 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 3-4 tbsp. milk plus more as needed
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and spray a 9 by 13 pan with cooking spray.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together sugar, sour cream, butter and eggs until smooth, about 2-3 minutes.
  3. Add in the mashed bananas and vanilla and mix again, 1-2 minutes.
  4. Add your flour, baking soda, and salt and beat again for another minute or until mixture is smooth, with some small banana chunks remaining.
  5. Pour batter into your greased pan and bake for 20 minutes, or until sides start to brown. Remove from oven and let cool completely.
  6. Once brownies are cool, make the frosting.
  7. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together cream cheese and peanut butter until very smooth.
  8. Add 2 tsp. of milk and beat to incorporate. Add more milk if mixture still seems too thick to move around freely in the bowl.
  9. Add the powdered sugar in 1/2 cup increments, beating to combine after each addition. Once all sugar is incorporated, add more milk if you don't have a frosting like consistency.
  10. Add milk and beat after each addition until you achieve a thick, but spreadable frosting.  
  11. Spread frosting over your brownies and then put in the fridge to set. T
  12. he brownie actually get better as they sit, moister and denser. So feel free to make these ahead and serve them the next day. I think these taste better cold, but serve at any temperature you desire! Enjoy!