Hi everyone!  I hope that all my lovelies are doing well!  I am doing ok, but I have been super busy. But even when I am busy, I want to bake.  In fact, I think a hectic life makes me want to bake and cook more because it is my stress reliever.  Sometimes, I make up excuses to bake. Sometimes I really want chocolate chip cookies, so I make them ostensibly because I need to take a treat to work when I really just want to eat raw cookie dough.  I know, I have a cookie dough monkey on my back. But I do share whatever I make so it’s all good.

And, speaking of monkeys (who happen to like bananas), one of my favorite excuse-recipes is Best Ever Frosted Banana Bars.  I buy bananas every week and we often throw the last couple away after they have passed the point of no return. If I remember in time, I will peel and freeze them so that I can use them for baking or just eat one frozen with a little chocolate sauce. Yumolicious! So, when I see that I have too many overly ripe bananas or too many bags of frozen bananas I make these bars. I mean, after all, waste not, want not, right? It has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I just plain love them.

These bars are a wonderful treat for kiddies or coworkers.  They are great to take to potlucks. And, while they keep pretty well on the counter for a few days, they keep even better in the frig for a week or more.  The bars are loaded with banana flavor and are incredibly moist. The browned butter frosting adds a layer of super sweet to the more subtle sweetness of the bars.  Everyone seems to love them, unless, of course, they just plain don’t like bananas. But, if you are a nanner fan, give them a try. You don’t have to wait for a time of banana over-abundance or make an excuse for baking this delicious treat, but you can totally steal that move from me if you want. I won’t judge you at all.