Overripe Bananas?

So, I've had these overripe bananas sitting in a bowl for five days now and they were pretty much on their last day of survival!  I told myself I had three options:  unpeel them and place in a ziplock bag and freeze, throw in the compost pile (the deer and rabbits would be happy) or find a recipe to use the ripe bananas.  As you can see in my photo, I chose to use the bananas in a new recipe.  You will find my recipe in my Turtle Recipes in the top menu.   

I looked through lots of recipes online this morning and I finally settled on banana bars with a light coating of brown butter frosting with toasted pecans...the pecans were my idea!  I really don't like frosting anymore since going off sugar for more than a year, so I adapted the recipe and only made half the frosting it called for.

The recipe I used and adapted, is from Chef in Training.  Instead of using all white flour for the recipe, I used one cup whole pastry flour and one cup all-purpose.  I also decided to use granulated white sugar and some granulated coconut sugar, which I purchased from my local food co-op.  The original recipe also called for sour cream, but I used our homemade yogurt.  The banana bars turned out wonderfully moist and flavorful. 

I cheated today and ate a piece of the banana bar.  I do that every once in a while, but I'm still trying to avoid all refine sugar.....just a personal choice I decided to make in my life. 

So what will I do with the banana bars?  Freeze them of course.  I love sharing my baked goods with friends and family, but it's also nice to pull something quick out of the freezer if we have surprise quests!