Chocolate Chip Cookies with Banana Bread
A soft, chewy, and moist banana chocolate chip cookie that tastes just like banana bread. These banana bread cookies are great in every way, from how soft they are to how easy they are to create.
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Chocolate Chip Cookies with Banana Bread
You might want to prepare banana bread, but you might not want to wait an hour for it to bake. Or maybe you only have one bad banana. These banana chocolate chip cookies are the answer. Think of how a thick slice of chocolate chip banana bread tastes, with all the moisture and banana flavor, in a soft cookie with a chewy edge and gooey middle. Yes, I KNOW. They are the cookie of my dreams.
What’s the best part? You can make these in one bowl with only ten ingredients and no chill time, so you can have them in less than 30 minutes. A big triumph.
What is it about these banana chocolate chip cookies that makes them so good?
Fine. I have to warn you that these banana bread chocolate chip cookies could be the most addictive baked treat I’ve ever made before we move on. I just want you to know what you’re getting into. I could talk about these banana bread cookies for hours.
- Edges that are chewy
- Center that is soft and gooey
- Full of chocolate chips
- Just one ripe banana is all you need.
- Simple to make vegan
- Simple to make gluten-free
- Made in one bowl
- A few simple components
- No time to relax
- Stay wet for days
Like… do I need to say more?
Banana bread cookie ingredients
You just need 10 things to make these one-bowl banana chocolate chip cookies. Most of these things are probably already in your pantry!
- I like to use a medium-sized banana that is really brown for the sweetest taste. Our mashed banana was around 1/4 of a cup, so if your bananas are an unusual size, they should be fine.
- Vegetable oil: You can use melted butter or shortening instead, but vegetable oil will give your banana bread chocolate chip cookies that smooth crumb that banana bread is known for.
- Brown sugar: Brown sugar will make your cookies soft, chewy, and just sweet enough. You can change the amount of sugar in the recipe to make it sweeter or less sweet, depending on how ripe your banana is.
- Egg yolk: The secret to making chewy banana cookies instead of cakey ones is to use only the egg yolk. This will give your cookies the right amount of structure without making them feel like bread.
- A little bit of pure vanilla extract can make your banana bread cookies taste like they came from a fancy restaurant.
- All-purpose flour: All-purpose flour will give your banana chocolate chip cookies the right crumb. I have also been able to make them with Bob’s Redmill 1:1 Baking Flour and whole wheat flour.
- Baking soda: Adding baking soda to your cookies will give them the classic crinkly top look of chocolate chip cookies.
- A sprinkle of ground cinnamon makes these banana cookies feel even cozier!
- Chocolate chips: Of course, any delicious banana bread has a lot of chocolate chips in it, and these banana bread cookies are no different. You can use any kind of chocolate you choose!
How to make the best banana chocolate chip cookies
This banana recipe is great for beginners because it’s so simple to follow. If you want to make flawless banana cookies every time, follow these three recommendations.
- Use an overripe banana: The riper your banana is, the better it will be for baking. A really ripe, dark banana will make your banana chocolate chip cookies taste more like bananas and keep them sweet.
- Don’t mix the batter too much: Mix the batter only until there are no more streaks of flour. Don’t keep mixing once everything is mixed in. Too much mixing might make the bread dry and crumbly.
- Don’t bake them all the way through: When you take them out of the oven, they should still be a little raw in the middle since they will continue to bake as they cool. They will cool down and become a beautiful gooey center!
