This weekend we decided to mix it up a bit and bring some special banana brownies that we made earlier in the week. This is based on a recipe that my wife found on Facebook but, as always she made a lot of modifications. This is just too rich, it puts the best donuts ever to shame.
The upgrade to the basic recipe adds Praline Pecans, Carmel Bailey’s, Banana Greek Yogurt and a few other additions in the recipe. This thing is so rich that everyone is calling these “Banana Crack” because you eat one, you get a sugar rush and you want to eat more. One of the guys actually ate 5 pieces of this in the locker room, before they pried the tray away from him.
Serving size – a sheet about 15 x 10 x 1 inch that makes between 16 and 30 pieces depending on how you cut it.
Ingredients
Banana Brownie
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup Organic Pure Cane Sugar
- 1 stick Butter at room temperature – 1/2 cup
- 2 eggs
- 4 mashed Bananas
- 2 tsp Vanilla
- 1/2 cup Toffee pieces
- 2 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Sea Salt
- 1/2 cup Banana Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup Light Sour Cream
Frosting
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 4 cup Confectioners Sugar
- 2 tsp. Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 tsp. Vanilla Bean (pod)
- 1/3 cup Marscapone
- 2 Tbsp Carmel Bailey’s
- 1 Tbsp Milk
- 1/2 cup chopped Praline Pecans (optional, but I say required)
Preparation
Banana Brownie
Preheat the oven to 375 F. Mix all the wet ingredients together in a large mixing bowl and then use a hand mixer till fully blended, about 1 minute. Then add in the dry ingredients, except for the toffee, and continue blending for an additional minute. Then pour this mixture into a 15 x 10 inch jelly roll pan. Top with toffee pieces and place in the oven to cook for 25 – 30 minutes. When done remove from the oven and allow to cool to room temperature to apply the frosting.
Frosting
While the brownies are baking, melt the butter over medium heat until it turns a delicate brown. Be careful not to over brown it because it will change the flavor of the frosting. Remove the butter from heat and add in the confectioners sugar, vanilla, vanilla bean, milk and the marscapone into the browned butter and mix until creamy. When the brownies are cool enough apply an even layer of the frosting on top of the brownies. Then sprinkle on the chopped praline pecans. It’s now ready to serve.