Description
Delightful banana bread cookies merge classic comfort with sweet innovation, bringing together ripe bananas and classic cookie charm. Warm spices and rich texture invite bakers to savor each delectable bite, creating a perfect treat for morning coffee or afternoon snacking.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup (240g) mashed overripe bananas (about 2 large bananas)
- 2 cups (250g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- 1 cup (120g) chopped walnuts or pecans
- 1 cup (175g) semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Prepare Workspace: Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat to 350F (175C). Cover baking sheets with parchment paper or lightly grease surfaces.
- Create Butter Base: Whip softened butter and granulated sugar in a large mixing bowl until creamy and aerated, creating a light, fluffy foundation.
- Develop Moisture Profile: Integrate egg, vanilla extract, and mashed bananas into butter mixture, whisking until uniform and smooth with no visible banana chunks.
- Construct Dry Framework: Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in a separate bowl, ensuring even distribution of spices and leavening agents.
- Combine and Blend: Gently fold dry ingredients into wet mixture, stirring minimally to prevent gluten development. If desired, incorporate chopped nuts and chocolate chips during final mixing stage.
- Form and Arrange Cookies: Using a tablespoon, drop uniform dollops of dough onto prepared baking sheets, maintaining approximately 2-inch intervals to allow proper spreading.
- Bake and Monitor: Place in preheated oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, watching for golden-brown edges and slightly firm centers as indicators of perfect doneness.
- Rest and Complete: Allow cookies to stabilize on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire cooling rack to achieve ideal texture and complete setting.
Notes
- Use overripe bananas with dark brown spots for maximum natural sweetness and deeper flavor profile.
- Stir dry and wet ingredients just until combined to maintain tender, soft cookie texture and avoid dense, tough results.
- Swap chocolate chips with walnuts, pecans, or dried cranberries for unique flavor variations and personal preference.
- If banana mixture seems too wet, add an extra tablespoon of flour to ensure proper cookie consistency and prevent spreading.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg