Banana Bread Cookies
Serves 17
10 mins prep
10 mins cook
60 mins Chill Time
0 mins total
These banana bread cookies have all of the buttery, toasty, chunky banana flavor in a cookie with crisp edges and chewy center. It uses two bananas for all of that banana flavor, and also includes walnuts toasted in browned butter and loads of gooey chocolate. I've tested this recipe so many times to ensure that the center stays chewy (not cakey) and that the edges are ultra crisp. Plus, you don't need an electric mixer because it comes together with a wire handheld whisk.
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Combine the butter and walnuts in a medium saucepan. Heat to melt the butter and continue cooking as it bubbles, carefully stirring frequently to prevent it from burning. Remove it from the heat when the walnuts smell toasty and the white bits in the butter turn brown.
⅕ 1 unsalted butter⅕ ½ raw walnutsPour the browned butter and walnuts into a large heat safe bowl. Add cinnamon and whisk to combine. Let it cool for a few minutes.
⅕ 1 cinnamonAdd brown sugar and granulated sugar into the browned butter. Whisk to combine.
⅕ 1 brown sugar⅕ ¼ granulated sugarAdd the egg yolk, vanilla extract, and salt into the same bowl. Then, break one medium banana into pieces with your fingers and add it in - about 1/3 cup. Whisk to combine.
⅕ 1 large egg yolk⅕ 1 pure vanilla extract⅕ ⅔ banana⅕ ½ sea saltAdd flour and baking soda into the wet ingredients. Stir until it forms a dough.
⅕ 2 all purpose flour⅕ ½ baking sodaThen, add the chopped chocolate and break up the second medium banana into coarse pieces. Fold them into the cookie dough.
⅕ ¾ chopped dark chocolateRefrigerate the cookie dough for 1 hour, until it firms up.
Then, preheat the oven to 355°F (180°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Use a two tablespoon scoop to scoop balls of cookie dough and bake them in batches, leaving a few inches in between the cookies for them to spread. Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes and let them cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes to firm up.
Sprinkle flaky salt over the cookies while they're still hot and enjoy.
