Who says you can’t add banana to any basic recipe?
Though I have always been a fan of banana-flavoured baked goods, I had never thought to make something as simple — and, it turns out, as delicious — as banana chocolate chip cookies.
Banana bread, sure. Banana muffins, of course. But this quick and easy recipe adds that extra banana flavour to such a classic sweet treat.
With only a 20-minute prep time and 15-minute bake time, this recipe will yield 2 dozen extra soft and chewy cookies that are sure to please many palettes.
Prep time | 20 mins.
Bake time | 15 mins./batch
Yields | 24 cookies
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 bananas, mashed
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 stp salt
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray with anti-stick spray.
- In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, banana and vanilla.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and mix well.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Using an ice cream scooper to scoop each spoonful of batter for each cookie, placing them about 2 inches apart on the baking sheet.
- Add the cookies to the oven and bake for 15 minutes, or until edges are golden brown.
- Remove the cookies when done and add the next batch to the baking sheet, then to the oven.
- Let all the cookies cool for at least 10 minutes.
- Enjoy with a cold glass of milk or with coffee or tea!
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