Over-ripe bananas sitting on the counter? You know what to do. Bake up a sweet new treat for your family! Whip up a batch of this amazing recipe for the best banana chocolate chip cookies your family will love - all made from scratch. These cookies are soft and chewy with just the right hint of banana flavor peeking through, plus a perfectly light and tasty walnut crunch. Mix up a bowl of simple and delicious banana frosting using just a container of premade classic Betty Crocker frosting mixed with a banana to spread on your cookies. Top them with a sprinkle of either nuts, mini chocolate chips, or even a delightful combination of both to give them that final touch!
Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 50 min
- Servings 18
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 ripe medium bananas
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
- 1 cup from 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting (from 1-lb container)
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts and/or miniature semisweet chocolate chips, if desired
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Mash 2 of the bananas to measure 1 cup mashed; reserve remaining 1/2 banana. In large bowl, beat sugar, butter, vanilla, eggs and mashed bananas with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon, until well blended. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in chocolate chips and 1/2 cup walnuts.
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Step2Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased large cookie sheet.
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Step3Bake 11 to 15 minutes or until set and edges begin to turn light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step4Mash enough of remaining 1/2 banana to measure 2 tablespoons mashed. In medium bowl, stir frosting and mashed banana until smooth and spreadable. Spread each cookie with about 1 tablespoon frosting. Sprinkle 1/4 cup walnuts over frosted cookies.
Nutrition
310
Calories
13g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
45g
Total Carbohydrate
31g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 310
- Calories from Fat
- 120
- Total Fat
- 13g
- 21%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 35%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 40mg
- 13%
- Sodium
- 115mg
- 5%
- Potassium
- 140mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 45g
- 15%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 6%
- Sugars
- 31g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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