Description
Soft, chewy banana chocolate chip cookies featuring ripe bananas and melty chocolate for a delicious treat.
Ingredients
Scale
- 260 g (2 cups) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp (5 g) baking soda
- 1/2 tsp (3 g) fine sea salt
- 113 g (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
- 50 g (1/4 cup) granulated sugar
- 110 g (1/2 cup, packed) light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract
- 120 g (1 medium banana, about 1/2 cup mashed) ripe mashed banana
- 170 g (1 cup) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Optional: 60 g (1/2 cup) chopped walnuts or pecans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Melt butter and brown it until nutty; let cool.
- Whisk together browned butter with granulated and brown sugar until smooth, then beat in egg and vanilla.
- Stir in mashed banana until combined.
- In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Fold into wet ingredients and mix in chocolate chips and nuts if using.
- Portion out dough on baking sheets, leaving space between cookies, and bake for 9–11 minutes until edges are golden.
- Cool for 5 minutes on the pan before transferring to a cooling rack. Let rest for 10 minutes before serving.
Notes
For best texture, use very ripe bananas and chill dough before baking.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 155
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 85mg
- Fat: 8.5g
- Saturated Fat: 4.8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3.7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Fiber: 1.5g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 25mg