Banana Nut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Serves 24
10 mins prep
10 mins cook
20 mins total
Light, chewy cookies full of classic banana bread flavors with chocolate and walnuts.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
In a large bowl, mash 2 medium overly ripe bananas until smooth and add 1/2 cup of vegetable or canola oil, 1 cup of light brown sugar, 2 egg yolks and 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract. Mix until fully combined
In a separate bowl, combine 3/4 teaspoon of baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon of all spice, a pinch of ground ginger and 2 1/4 cups of all purpose flour and then add this in with the banana and egg yolk mixture
Mix until the dry ingredients are just incorporated and then add 3/4 cup of milk chocolate chips and 2/3 cup of finely chopped walnuts
Using a greased cookie dough scoop, scoop heaping tablespoons of dough onto parchment lined baking sheets leaving at least 2 inches of space between each portion of dough
Bake the cookies in a 350 degree oven for 10-11 minutes or until the cookies are lightly golden
As soon as you transfer the cookies out of the oven, bang the baking sheet onto your counter top a few times to deflate the freshly baked cookies (optional)
Garnish the warm cookies with finely chopped chocolate and walnuts (optional)
Store room temperature leftovers in an airtight container

