Banana Bread Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Banana Bread Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 medium ripe banana; 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted; 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed; 1/3 cup granulated sugar; 1 egg yolk*; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour; 3/4 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup chocolate chips; 1 tablespoon sea salt crystals

March 25, 2023

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A sweet banana and brown sugar flavored cookie filled with chocolate chips and sprinkled with sea salt. This banana bread chocolate chip cookie is soft, chewy and moist, just like banana bread. It gets extra bonus points for being super easy to make too!

Do you have overripe bananas laying around that typically end up in the trash? DON’T THROW THEM AWAY! Try using them to make banana chocolate chip cookies. They’re everything you love about banana bread but in cookie form. Oh and they are SUPER fast to make. And only use one bowl! YES PLEASE!

When I think about what I love about banana bread, three things come to mind. It’s sweet. It’s moist. And it’s soft. This banana chocolate chip cookie recipe is the sweetest, softest and most moist cookie I have ever tasted. For real, this recipe is what cookie dreams are made of. The cookie gets extra deliciousness points for being packed full of chocolate chips!

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INGREDIENTS FOR BANANA BREAD CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

ripe banana
unsalted butter
brown sugar
granulated sugar
egg yolk
vanilla
all purpose flour
baking soda
cinnamon
salt
chocolate chips- I used dark chocolate chips because that’s my jam. You use whatever makes you happy.
sea salt-optional

HOW TO MAKE BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES RECIPE

Make the dough. Mash the banana up in a medium bowl. Add in butter and sugars. Cream together until well combined. Add in egg yolk and vanilla. Mix until just combined. In the same bowl, add in flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Mix until you no longer see flour streaks. Fold in 3/4 cup of chocolate chips (save the rest for later). Cover.
Form into balls. Grab a cookie scoop or use your hands to grab approximately 3 tablespoons of dough. Roll the dough into dough balls.
Bake in batches. Chop the remaining 1/4 cup of chocolate chips up. Place 6-8 dough balls onto a prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle the dough balls with the chopped up chocolate chips. Put the baking sheet into the oven. BAKE BAKE BAKE.
Cool. Remove the cookies from the oven and immediately sprinkle with sea salt. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack or parchment paper to finish cooling.
Devour. No directions necessary.

TIPS FOR THE BEST BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Use a banana that is VERY ripe. We’re talking all kinds of brown. The kind of banana that you would most definitely throw away. But don’t, keep them and make delicious and fluffy banana chocolate chip cookies. Using ripe bananas is important to get the perfect amount of sweetness in your cookies.
Add sea salt to your banana chocolate chip cookie recipe. As soon as you pull your cookies out of the oven, sprinkle them with sea salt crystals. It adds a little crunch to your cookie and cuts the sweetness just the slightest bit in the most perfect way.
Get YOSELF a cookie scoop. Ooooohhh the cookie scoop is a game changer for the cookie baking world. Making dough balls is way less messy and super quick. You had me at way less messy. Am I right!? I personally have a cookie scoop that holds 3 tablespoons of dough. This makes a really good sized cookie. If you are wanting a cookie scoop that makes smaller cookies, find one that holds 1.5-2 tablespoons of dough. Also, definitely get a cookie scoop that is spring loaded. Nobody has time to try and dig dough out of a cookie scoop. LOL

HOW TO STORE BANANA BREAD COOKIES

Banana bread cookies are best eaten fresh. However, they do store very nicely. I prefer to store my cookies in an airtight container in the refrigerator. I do this because the cookies contain fresh fruit in them. I’m not sure what kinds of funky things would happen to the cookies if left at room temperature. I like to be safe and keep them cool. I store my cookies for 5-6 days. (They never lat this long. LOL)

Personally I think the cookies are delicious straight out of the refrigerator, but if cold cookies are not your thing, just let them sit at room temperature for 10 minutes before you take a bite. PRO TIP- pop your cookie in the microwave for just a few seconds (they get hot fast). It’s like having a cookie fresh out of the oven.

Banana bread cookies with chocolate chips also freeze beautifully. Since this is an extremely moist cookie, you’ll want to flash freeze the cookies while they are in a single layer on a baking sheet. Once they are frozen you can stack them in an airtight container. If you stack them right away they will stick together.

This is another one of those recipes that’s going to make your house smell like heaven. Is banana bread chocolate chip cookies a candle scent? It definitely should be. Now that I think about it, is there really any cookie scent that shouldn’t be made into a candle scent?

This banana chocolate chip cookie recipe is the perfect addition to a brunch spread. It’s really the perfect addition to any event, including no event all all. We love having cookies around for no reason other than to fulfill that sweet tooth. I hope these banana bread cookies bring you and your families’ bellies joy. Happy baking, friends. Until the next cookie recipe!

Hugs & Cookies,

Kayla

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