• Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

  Filed under Dessert - Cookies
  Jul 10
  
  I’ve made my fair share of banana bread and banana muffins. I love them both, but sometimes you are just in the mood for something different. I had some overripe bananas, and for some reason, I couldn’t get the thought of banana cookies out of my mind. Strange, because I don’t think I have ever had a banana cookie before!! I searched the internet and found many, many recipes, and surprisingly, for the most part, they were all similar. I decided to go with a recipe from allrecipes.com (surprise, right?? since that is where so many of my recipes come from!!) From the reviews, I figured that these cookies would be more cake-like than regular cookies – kind of like the texture of a pumpkin cookie. I went for it – they were super easy, and although they are not something I would crave all of the time, they were very good. I cut the chocolate chips from 2 cups to 1 1/2 cups because I wanted the banana to be the star, but if I were to make these again, I would maybe even cut them back a little further but use mini chocolate chips so they would be more evenly distributed.

  Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
  from allreicpes.com
  Makes 18 cookies
  
  

  INGREDIENTS

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup butter, softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup mashed bananas
  • 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

  
  

  DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together, and set aside.
  2. Cream the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Mix in the mashed bananas. Add the flour mixture, and stir until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop by spoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets.
  3. Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes.

  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  9 Comments

9 Responses to “Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies”

1. 

   Kelly-Jane said on July 10th, 2007 at 7:30 pm

   I usually make banana bread, but these sounds great, and they look it too. Will have to copy it!

   [Reply]

2. 

   Meeta said on July 11th, 2007 at 5:57 am

   Like KJ I too use my bananas in breads or muffins – cookies are a great idea and these sound delish!!

   [Reply]

3. 

   Janet said on July 11th, 2007 at 1:24 pm

   This is a great idea to use up ripe bananas. I’ve never made banana cookies either, but they’ve been on my “to do list” for a while…

   [Reply]

4. 

   Cynthia said on July 11th, 2007 at 4:11 pm

   Hi Deborah, thanks for stopping by my blog, it is always a pleasure to make new friends.

   I do not have a stand mixer either! you will enjoy making this bread because It is not as dramatic as some other breads are and it’s very easy to do by hand. I use a large bowl and a sturdy wooden spoon. I do hope that you try it.

   And please, come back and visit again. I’ve added you to my RSS feeds.

   [Reply]

5. 

   Patricia Scarpin said on July 11th, 2007 at 4:56 pm

   Now I know what I’m going to make next time I have ripe bananas around – they look wonderful, Deb!

   [Reply]

6. 

   Cheryl said on July 11th, 2007 at 6:19 pm

   They look puffy and soft and delicious. All I need is a cold glass of milk now.

   [Reply]

7. 

   Judy said on July 12th, 2007 at 5:16 pm

   Mm, sounds good. I can’t say that I’ve ever had banana cookies before either, but hey, why not? I love banana in anything else, and I certainly love cookies! And I also use allrecipes a lot too, it’s nice that they have reviews of recipes.

   [Reply]

8. 

   Maris said on November 12th, 2008 at 2:55 am

   I make banana bread all tihe time but I’ve been looking for something different. This is exactly the kind of recipe I’ve been looking for!

   Except…knowing me…I’d overdo the chocolate

   [Reply]

9. 

   Olivia said on February 21st, 2009 at 5:00 pm

   I just made cookies with a funfetti cake mix too. Great idea to add coconut to the strawberry mix.

   [Reply]

Leave a Reply