Banana Cookies
A family favorite recipe, you'll love this easy Banana Cookie made with rolled oats, mashed bananas, and chocolate chips. Banana bread in cookie form, this makes a soft and delicious snack.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup brown sugar I used dark
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 ⅓ cups mashed ripe banana about 3-4, depending on size
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats quick oats work too
- 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips reduce to 1 for less chocolate chips and up to 2 if you're a chocolate chip lover.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° F. Mash and measure bananas. Set aside.
- Beat butter, sugar and brown sugar together on high until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the egg, mashed banana and vanilla then beat on high until well combined, about 1 more minute.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add to the mixing bowl and beat on low until barely combined. Add rolled oats and again mix until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Scoop dough onto parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes, until the tops are matte.
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Notes
- I love to use overripe bananas in this recipe. It gives it a stronger banana flavor. We do not recommend using green or underripe bananas when making these cookies.
- The dough is a looser dough than a typical chocolate chip cookie. Using a cookie scoop can help keep the process of getting them on to the baking sheet less messy.
- Measure your flour by scooping into your measuring cup with a spoon and leveling off the top. That way you can ensure you don't get too much flour, resulting in a dry cookie.
- Most cookies you want to remove from the oven before they turn golden. Sometimes these cookies will start to turn golden on the edges before they are done baking. Let them.
- Instead of whisking together the dry ingredients, try measuring in the flour first, then measuring in the salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg onto the top of the flour. Give it a little mix with your fingers. This will prevent there from being any irritating clumps of baking soda.
- Makes about 2 - 2 ½ dozen cookies
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookieCalories: 148kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 133mgPotassium: 102mgFiber: 2gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 111IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 13mgIron: 1mg
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