Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
Soft and tender banana chocolate chip cookies are a delicious way to use your brown bananas in one of the most iconic and classic cookies. The cookies have a lovely cakey texture, a mild banana flavor and gooey melted chocolate chips in each bite.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 12 mins
- Total Time: 27 minutes
- Yield: 16 cookies 1x
- Category: Sweets
Ingredients
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- 8 Tablespoons (1/2 cup) butter, softened to room temperature
- 1/8 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 1/2 cup mashed bananas (about 1 large banana)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream the butter and sugars together in a bowl with the paddle attachment on your standing mixer or hand mixer until it is light and fluffy, at least 5 minutes.
- Add egg, vanilla and mashed bananas. Mix until combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda and salt together.
- Add to the dry ingredients and mix just until incorporated.
- Add the chocolate chips to the batter and mix to combine.
- On a parchment lined baking sheet (or greased baking sheet), portion out the batter using an ice cream/portion scoop that holds about 2 Tablespoons of batter. Â Place them on a baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Flatten out the cookies slightly on top. You will have about 16 cookies.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 min. Remove the cookies to a wire rack to cool.
- Store at room temperature for about 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
Notes
We usually double the recipe and make a double portion of cookies.