Banana Blondies

4.07 from 483 votes

These banana blondies are rich, dense, and fudgy, with an irresistible caramel frosting! Think banana bread meets butterscotch blondies!

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Prep Time:10

Cook Time:25

Total Time:35

Servings: 12 servings

Equipment

9x9 inch baking pan

Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 large egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup well mashed banana, about 1 to 1 1/2 bananas

caramel icing

1/4 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 Tbsp cream or milk
1 cup confectioner's sugar (possibly a little bit more)

Instructions

Set the oven to 350F. Lightly spray and line a 9x9 baking pan with parchment paper, if desired, to enable you to lift out the blondies for neater cutting.
Beat the butter and sugar together for several minutes until smooth and fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla.
Mix in the mashed banana, and then the flour and salt. Mix just until everything is well blended, don't over mix.
Spread into your prepared pan.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the center is set. I check with a toothpick.
Let the cake cool most of the way before you make the frosting.
To make the caramel frosting put the butter, brown sugar and milk or cream in a small saucepan and melt the butter, whisking all the time. Continue whisking until the mixture comes to a boil, then turn off the heat and add the sifted powdered sugar, whisking until completely smooth. You may need to add a little bit more powdered sugar if it seems very thin.
Spread it immediately onto the cake, it will set up very quickly.
Enjoy!

NEW FEATURE! Click here to add your own private notes.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Author: Sue Moran

Keyword: baking, banana, blondies, dessert

Nutrition

Calories: 300 kcal · Carbohydrates: 47 g · Protein: 2 g · Fat: 12 g · Saturated Fat: 7 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 46 mg · Sodium: 65 mg · Potassium: 95 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 38 g · Vitamin A: 387 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 34 mg · Iron: 1 mg

Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.