Ooey Gooey Banana Bars are sweet and moist dessert bars that are loaded with bananas and frosted with homemade salted caramel buttercream.If you love desserts with bananas, or just need a great recipe to use up ripe bananas, be sure to also try my Chocolate Chip Banana Bread.  Ooey Gooey Banana Bars These bars are rich dessert bars that are made with brown sugar to give them that extra sweetness.They are moist and dense with a wonderful banana flavor in every bite.

Although these bars would be delicious on their own, the homemade salted caramel buttercream frosting puts this dessert over the top! Ooey Gooey Banana Bars Recipe There are two parts to these ooey-gooey banana bars treat–the banana bars and the salted caramel buttercream.Banana Bars Ingredients (full recipe below) Butter Brown sugar Eggs Vanilla All-purpose flour Kosher salt Ripe bananas Salted Caramel Buttercream Ingredients Unsalted butter Confectioners’ sugar Salt Caramel topping Whole milk How to Make Ooey Gooey Banana Bars This batter is made up of melted butter, a fair amount of brown sugar, and much less flour than normal which is great for a soft and chewy dessert bar.But the addition of the bananas in the mix, as well as the homemade salted caramel buttercream, really makes these bars a special treat.

First, combine the melted butter and brown sugar in a large bowl.Stir well before adding the vanilla and eggs.Next, add the flour and salt, mixing well.

Then, fold in the mashed bananas

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