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Reader Request: Banana Cookies

February 12, 2011 by Lindsay 9 Comments

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Hold on to your socks, folks! Because this recipe could possibly knock them right off!

My friend Sarah told me via The Lean Green Bean facebook page that she was looking for a recipe for banana cookies. She told me they could have peanut butter and chocolate chips and even oats! I personally love banana baked goods. I’m constantly making banana bread and banana muffins, but i’d never tried cookies before so I was super excited. The hubby, however, was not so excited. He doesn’t like banana baked goods. In fact, he’s requested that I place a moratorium on reader requests for anything banana.

You know what that means? Keep them coming!! 😉

Anyways, I began my cookie quest by doing a little google research. As usual, I couldn’t find anything that was striking my fancy….so after getting the basic idea, I did my own thing.

They turned out great! So here’s what you do:

Start with your butter and sugar:

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Look who I caught sneaking in for a taste:

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Add your egg, bananas, peanut butter and vanilla. My bananas were super soft so I didn’t even bother mashing them first. I made these last week and wanted to make sure there were still some left on Superbowl Sunday so Sarah could taste the finished product. To make sure this happened, I waited until Thursday to make the cookies and my bananas were ready to use on Monday. Hence, my bananas were super speckly. But that’s fine, perfect for baking:

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Stir in your dry ingredients and add your chocolate chips:

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Scoop them onto cookie sheets and bake at 350 degrees F for 12-14 minutes.

DSC 7639While Poco likes to sneak in during the baking process, Marcus prefers to just wait until the cookies are baked before he tries to steal one. They keep me on my toes:

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Banana Cookies

by Lindsay L

Prep Time: 10 min

Cook Time: 12-14 min

Keywords: bake dessert healthy banana chocolate peanut butter

Ingredients (approx 30 cookies)

  • 1/2 c peanut butter
  • 1 egg
  • 2-3 mashed bananas (about 3/4 c)
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 c white sugar
  • 1/4 c brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 c oats
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 c chocolate chips
  • 2 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened
  • 3/4 c whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 c AP flour

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Cream butter and sugars. Add the egg, peanut butter, vanilla and bananas and mix until well combined.

3. Mix in flours, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and oats until just combined.

4. Stir in chocolate chips.

5. Scoop onto cookie sheet at bake 12-14 minutes.

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The result? Delicious. The only things I might recommend are that if you really want the peanut butter taste to come through, add a bit more. It’s pretty faint in this version. And don’t add too many chocolate chips because they can overpower the taste of the bananas.

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So tell me, do you like banana baked goods?

Enjoy!
–Lindsay–

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About Lindsay

Lindsay Livingston is a Registered Dietitian and new mom from Columbus, Ohio. On her blog, she shares simple, healthy recipes, nutrition tips, workouts and snapshots of her life. Follow her on Twitter @LeanGrnBeanBlog and Instagram @TheLeanGreenBean and be sure to subscribe via RSS or email so you never miss a post!

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Comments

  1. sarah (sarah learns) says

    February 12, 2011 at 2:53 PM

    i LOVE banana baked goods! 🙂 i haven’t made any in quite a while though. these look delish.

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      February 12, 2011 at 4:57 PM

      well then you need to get baking, girl!

      Reply
  2. Katie @ Healthy Heddleston says

    February 12, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    Yuppp loveee banana baked goods.. I actually have some bananas that need to go into some muffins or cookies this weekend!

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      February 12, 2011 at 4:56 PM

      glad to hear my hubby is in the minority 🙂

      Reply
  3. Victoria @ Healthy Glow and Go says

    February 12, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    yes i love banana baked goods too! i have three bananas.. may be using this recipe! thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      February 12, 2011 at 4:56 PM

      you’re welcome! let me know how they turn out if you make them! *i probably would have used greek yogurt instead of butter but i didn’t have any when making these…just another option to think about*

      Reply
  4. Roz says

    February 13, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    Hi Lindsay, these look amazing, thanks for the recipe. Next time I have some bananas that need to be baked, I’m going to give these a go. BTW, LOVE your kitties!!! Good to know my Neva isn’t the only feline who trys to sneak looks and sniffs of things she shouldn’t be looking at or sniffing that closely! Have a great rest of the weekend.

    Reply
  5. Pam says

    April 30, 2013 at 8:26 PM

    I just made these cookies and they are amazing! Not too sweet, and I halved the choc chips. Perfect! Even my husband who doesn’t like sweets, whom I forced to try one, has now had three! He says now THATS a good cookie!

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      May 2, 2013 at 11:02 PM

      ahhh! so glad to hear that 🙂 enjoy!

      Reply

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