Marvelous Monkey Bars with Burnt Sugar Glaze

Marvelous Monkey Bars with Burnt Sugar Glaze

Want a yummy treat and a way to use your old bananas at he same time? I adapted this recipe from a banana bread recipe I found on line (source recipe). IMO my bars are more tasty with almond extract and cinnamon plus the oats to make them healthier...lol . You can eat as is...... believe me they are amazing at this point.....but add the Burnt Sugar Glaze (not really burnt just devilishly sweetness) to take your inner monkey to heaven :-)

Ingredients:

Monkey Bars:

1 ½ cups sugar

1 cup sour cream
½ cup butter, softened
3 eggs
1 ¾ cups (3 or 4) ripe bananas, mashed
1 teaspoons vanilla

Before Baking

1 teaspoons almond abstract

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup of Oats

1 teaspoon baking soda

¾ teaspoon salt
½ cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Burnt Sugar Glaze:

½ cup butter
4 cups powdered sugar
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
about 3 to 6 tablespoons milk or half and half

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

Instructions:

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease and flour(or line with parchment paper) 10×15 jelly roll pan.  Cream sugar and butter until creamy, then blend in sour cream and eggs until creamy . Blend in bananas and vanilla for one minute. Mix flour with baking soda. Add dry ingredients and blend for one minute. Stir in nuts and spread in pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes until golden brown. Cool slightly until warm but not hot and frost with Burnt Sugar Glaze (recipe below).

Bananas Bread Option:

Instead of spreading in  jelly roll pan you can make two regular loafs of bread or 4 small loafs..Bake at 350, regular loaf for  about 45 minutes, small loafs for 25 minutes.

For the Burnt Sugar Glaze:

Note the Brown color which gives it the Burnt Sugar name..

Heat butter in saucepan over medium heat past the melting point until it is boiling and a delicate brown. Remove from the heat and immediately add the remaining ingredients. Start with 3 tablespoons of milk and add as needed.... This should be thicker than a glaze and thinner than frosting. Using a spatula smooth over the top of the Monkey Squares immediately. The frosting will be easier to spread once it’s on the warm bread.