Banana Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Soft and chewy banana cookies loaded with walnuts and gooey chocolate chips. They will have your house smelling like banana bread.
Ingredients
- ½ cup of melted unsalted butter
- ½ cup of brown sugar
- ¼ cup of granulated sugar
- 1 large egg room temp
- ½ tsp of vanilla extract
- 1 large very ripe banana mashed
- ½ tsp of salt
- ½ tsp of baking soda
- 1½ cups of All-purpose flour
- ½ cup of walnut pieces
- ¾ cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips plus more to place on top after baking (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In large bowl whisk your flour, salt and baking soda and set aside.
- With your mixer or hand held mix butter and both sugars for about 5 mins. on med-high speed,
- Add your egg and vanilla and mix for another 2 mins. Then add in your mashed banana.
- With mixer on low add in your bowl of dry ingredients until just combined.
- Fold in your walnuts and chocolate chips.
- With a scoop or spoon scoop out 2-3 tbsps. of dough and place on prepared baking sheets. I used a large 3 tbsp. cookie scoop.
- Bake in oven for 8-10 mins until nice golden edge and still a little gooey in the middle. Remember they continue to bake as they cool so you don't want to leave them in there longer then 10 mins.
- Let them cool on baking sheet for about 5 mins before transferring to cooling rack. At this point you can top them with extra chocolate chips if you like.
- Let them cool on rack for another 10-15 mins. ( if you can wait that long) before enjoying.
Notes
These keep well on counter for up to 3 days in zip lock bag or in fridge for a week.
These freeze well too for up to 2 months.
Remember to not over bake cookies; I tend to take them out at 9 mins.
No walnuts no problem add pecans, cashews, whatever you have on hand or omit completely.