Name: Frosted Banana Nut Bars
Yield: Makes one 8-inch (20 cm) square pan | Cuts into 18 bars
Ingredients: 3 Tbsp (45 mL) unsalted butter, at room temperature; ¼ cup (60 mL) unsalted butter, at room temperature; ½ tsp (2 mL) vanilla extract; ½ cup (125 mL) lightly toasted walnut pieces, plus extra for sprinkling; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) orange juice; 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract; 1 egg, at room temperature; ½ cup (125 mL) light brown sugar; ½ tsp (2 mL) baking powder; ⅔ cup (160 mL) mashed ripe banana (about 1 large or 2 small); 2 Tbsp (30 mL) orange juice; 1 cup (250 mL) all-purpose flour; 1 tsp (5 mL) finely grated orange zest; ¼ tsp (1 mL) salt; 1½ cups (375 mL) icing sugar, sifted

Preparation info

Makes
one 8 inch

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Back to Baking

By Anna Olson

Published 2011

About

These bars are different from banana bread—they are sweeter and denser, and slice easily into little bites. The orange zest gives a nice nuance to the bars and the frosting dresses them up a bit.