Easy Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Last week I was going through my freezer and found 3 large frozen bananas that needed to be used up. When I freeze bananas I leave their peels on and just place them in zipper-closure freezer bags. When I need one or a few I’ll remove that amount from my freezer bag and thaw at room temperature for 30 minutes before tossing into a recipe.

We love bananas and love just about any type of food or beverage that contains them. They’re a great source of potassium and easy-to-use in your cookies, cakes, cupcakes, sweet breads, pies, fruit smoothies, yogurt, and ice cream recipes.

Easy Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 3 medium-sized bananas)
1 tsp. baking soda
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Notes: Sometimes my cookie dough is overly-moist once I have all of the ingredients combined. When it’s like that I’ll add additional all-purpose flour (by the tablespoon) until it’s the consistency that I like. Wet, but not overly-so. If you like a lot of banana flavor to your cookies then you’ll want to use over-ripe ones. If you like a light flavoring to them then use regular (ripe) but not over-ripe ones. The riper they are the stronger the flavor will be.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray baking sheet with a light coating of non-stick baking spray.

In a large mixing bowl cream together the butter and granulated sugar using an electric hand mixer. Beat in the large egg until combined. In another large mixing bowl mashed up the bananas with the baking soda. Let this mixture sit for 3-4 minutes and then beat the banana mixture into the first mixing bowl. Mix together the all-purpose flour, salt and ground cinnamon until combined. Beat this mixture into the first batter bowl and then fold in the semi-sweet chocolate chips by hand.

Drop cookie dough onto the baking sheet using a tablespoon and leaving 2″ of space between each cookie. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F. oven for 10-12 minutes or until done. Remove and let them cool on a baking rack and then store cookies in an airtight container.

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