Are you wondering what to do with all your leftover bananas that are turning browner by the day? Banana bread or banana bread cookies are a wonderful snack or breakfast. The only thing better than banana bread cookies are banana bread cookies with chocolate chips! This article will take you through our banana bread chocolate chip cookies recipe. When done right, they have a delicious, moist banana-y texture.
Banana Bread Chocolate Chip Cookies
There are all sorts of desserts or pastries that you can make utilizing bananas, whether that’s muffins, cakes, pies, pancakes, pudding, or even a smoothie. Depending on your available time will most likely decide which direction you take.
Banana bread chocolate chip cookies are a relatively simple recipe to take on. It consists of 8 ingredients and takes about 12 minutes to bake in the oven. Plus, you won’t need to search high and low for specialized kitchen equipment; the essentials for this recipe should be readily available in most kitchens.
Banana Bread Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients
Banana bread chocolate chip cookies have a simple ingredient list. This recipe uses pantry-level ingredients that a kitchen normally has on hand. Bananas or chocolate chips may be the only ingredients you may need to stop at the grocery store for.
- Butter
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Flour
- Vanilla
- Baking soda
- Chocolate chips
- Bananas
Make sure the bananas you use are very ripe and mostly brown. The overripe bananas provide a mushy texture that adds flavor and helps evenly distribute bananas throughout the batter.
The butter should be at room temperature so that when mixed with the eggs, sugar, and vanilla, it creates a paste texture instead of the butter clumping together.
Tips for Your Banana Bread Chocolate Chip Cookies
This recipe is easy, but there are other tips or alterations to consider when making this banana bread chocolate chip cookie recipe.
- Chocolate Chips: Decide which type of chocolate chips you’d like to have, whether it’s dark, milk, semi-sweet, or even white chocolate. We use dark chocolate chips in this recipe.
- Nuts or Other Mix-ins: You can get more creative and add chopped nuts, dried fruit, or even shredded coconut.
- Ice cream: Serve your cookies with ice cream! A vanilla ice cream would add a great texture contrast and provide a sauce to moisten the cookies.
- Butter: Butter can be swapped out for margarine, vegetable oil, or coconut oil.
- Vanilla: We recommend using Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Extract. This is the best premium vanilla available in the market. In our recipe, we used Badia’s vanilla extract because that is what was available at our local grocery store.
FAQs
Banana bread chocolate chip cookies should be stored in an airtight container in a cool, dry place at room temperature or the refrigerator.
Depending on conditions, these cookies should last at least 4-5 days. Look for signs of molding to decide whether they should be discarded.
Yes, this recipe is easily adaptable to gluten-free. Just swap out all-purpose flour with gluten-free flour.
The nutrition of your banana bread chocolate chip cookies can be as healthy or indulgent as you would like. Bananas are packed full of potassium and vitamin B6. However, the sugar and butter should be avoided when following a strict diet.
Banana Bread Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Shopping List
- Mixing bowls
- Rubber spatula
- Cookie scoop
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
- Wire cooling rack
- Butter
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Flour
- Vanilla
- Baking soda
- Chocolate chips
- Bananas
