Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 3 dozen.
Ingredients: 1/3 cup butter, softened; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 large egg; 1/2 cup mashed ripe banana; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/8 teaspoon baking soda; 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips

These soft banana cookies have a cakelike texture and lots of flavor that everyone seem to love. It's one of the best banana cookie recipes I've found. —Vicki Raatz, Waterloo, Wisconsin

Ingredients

1/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg
1/2 cup mashed ripe banana
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, banana and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips.
Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 13-16 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Health tip

Using 1/2 cup mashed banana in the cookies instead of starting with more butter saves about 1-1/2g saturated fat per cookie.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 69 calories, 3g fat (2g saturated fat), 10mg cholesterol, 50mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies in Light & Tasty February/March 2007

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Yulea

Oct 11, 2018

Made with 2 bananas and added walnuts. SO GOOD!!
Ava

May 26, 2018

Delicious easy recipe! Ihad one ripe banana and needed to use it. I substituted a mix of Swerve and Brown Coconut Sugar for the 1 cup of sugar and swapped the flour for almond meal cup for cup. Added dark cocoa chips and walnuts so yummy!
Jo

May 18, 2018

Yummy! I followed the recipe - I didn't measure, but used one mashed banana. I like the idea of using chopped walnuts or pecans. It is a cake like cookie - quite good still warm. I also appreciate this makes a rather small batch. I got 24 cookies.
Dana

Mar 31, 2018

I added a half cup of chopped walnuts. Yum!!
Sandra

Dec 10, 2017

Made these today-perfect! You won't be disappointed. Soft and chewy and quick and easy to make! Thank you.
greatwithoutgluten

Oct 8, 2017

Easy and tasty. I added an extra banana and used gluten free flour. These were great!
azzilu

Sep 30, 2017

easy to make...i used mini-choc. chips...made level T...baked for 12 min... lined pans with parchment paper...cake-like "cookie"...not too sweet...got 3 dozen ....would def. make again.
pypes

Sep 5, 2016

Delicious, but I doubled the recipe and didn't get 36 and they were average sized cookies.
Jpcape

Aug 30, 2016

Outstanding, yummy soft cookies. Used parchment paper & a one tablespoon ice cream scoop so they don't spread and puffed up perfectly. Prefer chocolate chunks. For variety, try adding walnuts and 1/2 tsp each of cardamom & cinnamon.
Twinkles21

Jun 30, 2016

Excellent recipe!! Soft and delicious, they are like little banana breads. I made a few substitutions; I used applesauce instead of butter, split the sugar to 1/4 white and 1/4 brown, an additional 1/4 tsp of baking powder, walnuts instead of chocolate chips and lastly added in another 1/3 cup of flour. The batter was definitely too runny without the extra flour, even still they looked like little banana puddles on the baking sheet before cooking. They did rise up in the oven though.