Double Chocolate Fudge Banana Cookies
Rich fudgey banana cookies with a brownie like texture and loads of banana flavor.
Servings: 16 cookies
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons of salted butter, melted
- 4 ounces of chocolate, chopped
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup of brown sugar, packed
- 1/3 cup of mashed overly ripe banana
- 1 1/4 cups of all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
- Melt 6 tablespoons of butter in a large bowl
- Add 4 ounces of chopped chocolate into the melted butter and whisk until fully melted and smooth
- Whisk in an egg yolk and a teaspoon of vanilla extract
- Add 2/3 cup of brown sugar and whisk until creamy
- Mash a medium overly ripe banana until smooth and add it to the bowl
- Add 1 1/4 cups of all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon of salt and mix until just combined
- Fold in 3/4 cup of milk chocolate chips
- Use a greased cookie dough scoop to add a heaping tablespoon portions of dough onto nonstick or parchment lined baking sheets
- Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes on a middle rack
- As soon as the edges of each cookie look set, but the middle is still a little soft remove the baking sheet from the oven and bang it onto your counter top a few times to slightly deflate the cookies
- Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring them to a cooling rack
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature, in the refrigerator or freezer