Banana Bread Cookies
Made with sweet, ripe bananas, warm comforting spices and rich chocolate chips, these oversized, vegan banana bread cookies are an incredible combination of traditional banana bread and chocolate chip cookies.
Servings: 12
Calories: 388kcal
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup lightly packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup mashed banana
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon coarse salt
- 1 cup dairy-free chocolate chips roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Mise en place. Preheat oven to 350˚F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Then, measure out all of the ingredients before you begin.
- Make the dough. In a large bowl, mash the banana. Then, whisk in the sugars, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract until smooth.In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, spices and salt together until combined.Then, combine the dry and wet ingredients with a rubber spatula and stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts.
- Rest the dough. Allow the dough hydrate for about 15 minutes before scooping and baking! This helps the cookies to bake more consistently between batches and prevents them from spreading too much.
- Bake your cookies. Bake your cookies for 13 - 15 minutes, or until cookies have set and the edges are beginning to brown.Remove them from oven and let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
- Let the cool. Remove from oven and allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for about 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
- Optional: sprinkle a little flaky sea salt on the cookies when they come out of the oven for added flavor and crunch.
Be careful not to over mix the flour in this step. Over-mixing develops the gluten structure and can lead to cookies that aren't as fluffy.
To get oversized cookies, I used a 1/3 cup scoop. You can use a normal sized scoop, but you’ll have to adjust the baking time. 10 - 12 minutes should be perfect for a standard cookie scoop.
Nutrition
Calories: 388kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 20g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 193mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin C: 1mg