Banana Blondies
With a silky cream cheese frosting, these Banana Blondies are moist and chewy. With the perfect banana punch, they are a tasty treat you can't resist.
Servings: 15
Calories: 342kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
- 1 ½ cups light brown sugar packed
- ¾ cup mashed banana
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the frosting:
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9x13-inch baking pan with parchment paper, set aside.
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside.
- In a large bowl add the melted butter, brown sugar, mashed banana, egg, and vanilla, whisk until smooth.
- Next, add the flour mixture and stir until combined, making sure there are no dry patches remaining..
- Spread the batter into the prepared baking pan and bake for 30-35 minutes until the edges are slightly golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Place the baking pan on a wire rack to cool completely, this helps air get under the pan and cool quicker.
- Next make the frosting, place the cream cheese and butter into a large bowl and with an electric hand mixer beat until smooth.
- Add the powdered sugar a little at a time until combined, scraping down the sides as needed. Add in the vanilla and turn the mixer on to medium speed and beat for 3 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Remove the blondies out of the baking pan by lifting the parchment paper to help grab and remove. Frost blondies, cut into bars and serve immediately.
Notes
- These need to be refrigerated if using the cream cheese frosting.
- Make sure you use nice ripe bananas for this for more of the banana flavor.
- You can use other frostings, see above for other ideas.
- Additional mix-ins can be used, see above for some of our favorites.
- Make sure these are cooled before frosting.
- The frosting does not crust up, so I do not suggest storing stacked.
- Top with sliced bananas if desired.
- These can be frozen, see above on how to do that.
Nutrition
Calories: 342kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 51mg | Sodium: 137mg | Potassium: 124mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 39g | Vitamin A: 510IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 1mg