Description
Recipe for soft banana bread cookies with chopped walnuts (for 12-14 cookies)
Ingredients
- 80 g ( 1/2 stick + 2tbsp or 1/3 cup) Butter - softened
- 70 g (1/3 cup)Sugar - granulated
- 50 g (1/4 cup) Brown light sugar
- 1 egg - room temperature
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 banana - about 100 g
- 220g ( 1 1/2 cup) Flour - all purpose
- 1 tsp Baking soda - or baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon - ground
- 85 g (3/4 cup) Walnut - chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F / 180°C and prepare a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
- In a bowl or plate mash the banana with a fork and set aside.
- In a large bowl, place the softened butter with the granulated sugar and brown sugar and beat with a whisk or electric mixer for about 2-3 minutes.
- Then add the egg, vanilla and mashed banana and whisk again.
- Finish by adding the dry ingredients, flour, baking soda, pinch of salt, ground cinnamon (optional) and crushed nuts.
- Mix with a flexible spatula or wooden spoon until the cookie batter is smooth and a little sticky.
- Form balls of dough with a spoon or ice cream scoop and place them on the parchment paper-lined baking sheet, leaving at least 2 inches apart.
- Bake for about 10 to 12 minutes until the cookies are golden brown and puffy.
- Allow cookies to cool slightly before moving them to a cake rack to cool completely.
Notes
Storage: Approximately 1 week at room temperature in a covered storage box and up to 3 months in the freezer.
Option: You can add chocolate chips to the recipe when you add the nuts.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: cookies, desserts
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 214
- Sugar: 11.2 g
- Sodium: 307.2 mg
- Fat: 10.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 26.9 g
- Protein: 3.7 g
- Cholesterol: 29.8 mg