Description
Delightful banana bread chocolate chip cookies merge classic comfort with innovative baking. Rich, sweet morsels provide a perfect balance of nostalgic flavors that satisfy dessert cravings with each indulgent bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 large egg
- 1 ripe banana (mashed)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp salt
- 115 g (½ cup / 4 oz) unsalted butter, softened
- 100 g (½ cup) brown sugar
- 50 g (¼ cup) granulated sugar
- 50 g (½ cup) chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
- 150 g (1 cup) chocolate chips (dark, milk, or semi-sweet)
- 190 g (1 ½ cups) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
Instructions
- Preparation: Preheat the oven to 350F (175C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper for optimal non-stick cookie baking.
- Creaming: Whip butter and sugars using an electric mixer until the mixture becomes fluffy and pale, creating a smooth foundational base for the cookies.
- Wet Ingredients Integration: Blend mashed bananas, egg, and vanilla extract into the sugar mixture, ensuring a uniform and well-incorporated consistency.
- Dry Ingredient Combination: Sift flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together, eliminating potential lumps and creating an even dry ingredient mixture.
- Dough Formation: Delicately fold dry ingredients into the wet mixture, stirring minimally to preserve the cookie’s light and tender texture.
- Chocolate Infusion: Fold chocolate chips throughout the dough, guaranteeing an even distribution of chocolatey goodness in every cookie.
- Baking Process: Drop rounded dough portions onto the prepared sheet, spacing them adequately to allow for natural spreading during baking.
- Cooling and Finishing: Bake for 10-12 minutes until edges turn golden brown, then rest cookies on the sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack for complete cooling.
Notes
- Banana Ripeness Matters: Use overripe bananas with dark brown spots for maximum sweetness and deeper banana flavor, enhancing the overall cookie taste.
- Prevent Overmixing: Stir dry ingredients into wet mixture just until combined to maintain a tender, soft cookie texture and avoid tough, dense results.
- Chocolate Chip Distribution: Gently fold chocolate chips into the dough and press a few extra on top of each cookie before baking to ensure visible chocolate in every bite.
- Room Temperature Ingredients: Allow butter, egg, and bananas to reach room temperature before mixing, creating a smoother batter and more consistent cookie texture.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg