How to Make Banana Cookies

Today on , I’ll be showing you how to make banana cookies.
Hey, , Sam here and today I am so excited to be sharing another carefully tested, well-researched and perfected recipe. Today we are making banana cookies and unlike many versions of banana cookies that are thick and cakey, mine are nice and soft and chewy and I think you’re absolutely going to love them.

Why You’ll Love This

Today we are making banana cookies and unlike many versions of banana cookies that are thick and cakey, mine are nice and soft and chewy and I think you’re absolutely going to love them.
Of course we are loading them with chocolate chips and optional walnuts as well.
I love using melted butter because it helps contribute to that thinner rather than cakeier, softer and chewy your cookie that I was really aiming for when I developed today’s recipe. For another delightful treat using butter, try our easy buttery melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookies.
I feel like it just adds a little more dimension to the cookies.
There’s another nice thing about today’s recipe is there’s no mixer needed, you can do everything by hand.

Ingredients

• For the wet ingredients:
  • two-thirds cup of well-mashed nice ripe bananas
  • one cup of melted unsalted butter
  • two-thirds cup of granulated sugar
  • one cup of brown sugar
  • one egg yolk
  • two teaspoons of vanilla extract
• For the dry ingredients:
  • three cups of all-purpose flour
  • two tablespoons of corn starch
  • one half teaspoon of baking powder
  • a half teaspoon of baking soda
  • three-fourths teaspoon of salt
  • three-fourths teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• For mixing in:
  • one and a half cups of chocolate chips
  • one cup of chopped walnuts

Instructions

1. Start with two-thirds cup of well-mashed nice ripe bananas.
2. Toss that in my mixing bowl.
3. Use a potato masher to mash the bananas really well.
4. Once I have my banana’s nicely mashed, I’m going to add my butter.
5. Next, we’ll add two-thirds cup of granulated sugar.
6. Add one cup of brown sugar.
7. Next, we’re going to need one egg yolk.
8. Discard the white.
9. Add in that egg yolk.
10. We’re also going to add two teaspoons of vanilla extract.
11. Stir everything together until it’s nicely combined.
12. Set this aside.
13. We’ll need a separate bowl for combining or dry ingredients.
14. We’ll start with three cups of all-purpose flour.
15. Add two tablespoons of corn starch.
16. Add one half teaspoon of baking powder.
17. Add a half teaspoon of baking soda.
18. Add three-fourths teaspoon of salt.
19. Add three-fourths teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
20. Whisk everything together so it’s nicely combined.
21. Bring back our banana mixture from earlier.
22. Gradually stir this into our wet ingredients until it’s completely combined.
23. Add one and a half cups of chocolate chips. If you enjoy cookies packed with cocoa, you might also like these easy fudgy double chocolate chip cookies.
24. Reserve a few of those chips.
25. If you’d like you can also add one cup of chopped walnuts. For another delicious treat featuring similar ingredients, check out our super soft and easy banana bread recipe with walnuts.
26. Stir this in as well and get everything nicely combined.
27. Cover with plastic wrap.
28. Pop it in the refrigerator for about 60 minutes before baking it.
29. Once you’re ready to bake your cookies you can go ahead and preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
30. Uncover our dough.
31. Scoop the cookies by about one and a half tablespoon-sized scoops.
32. Drop that dough right on my baking sheet.
33. Take a scoop of the dough and just gently roll it between your palms.
34. Once your oven has preheated we’ll go ahead and take these cookies over to our 350 degrees Fahrenheit preheated oven.
35. We’re going to need to bake for about 12 minutes.
36. Once the cookies are finished baking you’re going to want them to let them cool completely on their baking sheet before enjoying.
37. While the cookies are so warm like one to two minutes within them coming out of the oven, gently nestle some chocolate chips on top.

Cooking Tips

Note that the ripe or your bananas are the more flavorful your banana cookies are going to be.
You can use all light brown sugar if that’s what you have on hand but personally I like to use a blend of half dark brown sugar and half light brown sugar.
We’re going to discard the white because again at egg white would it contribute to making the cookies cakey, which we don’t want here.
I like to do this in about three parts.
You can use milk chips or semi-sweet chips.
I am using a blend of both just because again I like the dimension of flavor using two different kinds adds.
Whenever I make cookies that use chocolate chips, many of you know I like to reserve a few of those chips. This technique ensures that your cookies look appealing, much like the perfectly gooey chocolate chip cookies recipe we’ve perfected. We’re going to use them to make our cookies look nice and extra pretty when they’re finished baking.
If you’re looking for more uniform prettier cookies what you can do is you can actually take a scoop of the dough and just gently roll it between your palms.
It is kind of a sticky dough so your palms might get a little bit messy but that’s something you can do if you want your cookies to look a little bit neater.
While the cookies are so warm like one to two minutes within them coming out of the oven.
I like to just gently nestle some chocolate chips on top just makes them look extra pretty.

And that is how you make these nice soft and chewy banana cookies. If you’re a fan of other chewy delights, be sure to check out our easy soft and chewy oatmeal cookies. I really hope you guys enjoy today’s recipe.
I always love hearing from you.