Banana Bread Chocolate Chip Cookies
All the delicious flavours of banana bread inside these soft and moist banana bread chocolate chip cookies! This is the recipe to make when you have leftover bananas but want to switch recipes up instead of making banana bread.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup mashed bananas about 1 medium-sized banana
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted (or oil)
- 2/3 cups dark brown sugar
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking tray with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk the oil, brown sugar, and mashed banana until well combined.1/3 cup mashed bananas, 1/2 cup unsalted butter, 2/3 cups dark brown sugar
- Add in egg and vanilla and continue whisking.1 large egg , 1 tbsp vanilla
- Add the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Fold until no flour streaks appear.1/2 tsp baking soda, 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Gently fold in the chocolate chips. Don't over mix!1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Scoop 6 cookies at a time on your baking tray, I find an ice cream scoop works best for this.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes or until the edges look crisp yet the middle is still slightly puffy. Remove from the oven and keep on the pan for a few more minutes before placing them on the cooling rack. Enjoy!
Notes
Baking soda – Helps create those crisp edges with soft centers. Make sure to use baking soda and not baking powder.
Bananas - Make sure it is overripe and has lots of brown spots on the banana peel. This will ensure maximum sweetness. The mashed banana ended up being about 1/3 of a cup!
Oil - Just like in most banana bread recipes, I used oil in these cookies. This will give you that tender taste and feel banana bread gives. Melted butter works as well!
Egg – Pull this out 2 hours before baking.