Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

Whole-wheat banana chocolate chip cookies made with banana puree, dark chocolate, and simple pantry staples. Mix, scoop, and bake until golden for a chewy treat.

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Preheat the oven (Gas Mark 4) and get a baking sheet ready.

Step 2

Mix together the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Step 3

In another bowl, mix together the sugars, banana puree, oil, and vanilla extract.

Step 4

Add the flour into the wet mixture and stir until almost all the dry spots are gone. Fold in the chopped dark chocolate until it’s mixed in.

Step 5

Scoop out a spoonful of dough about the size of a golf ball, place on the baking sheet, and sorta flatten the top a little with the back of your spoon. Keep going until you run out of dough.

Step 6

Bake until the bottoms are nice and golden, 12 to 15 minutes.

Step 7

Let the cookies cool on a wire rack for at least 10 minutes.

Step 8

* Banana puree: throw 2 ripe bananas in a food processor or blender and run that until they’re all smooth. You can use a potato masher, too.

Step 9

** Optional: add nuts if you’ve got some.