( Note: I always say the full name, because the cookies look like chocolate chip... and I never knew so many people were allergic to bananas. :/ )
ingredients:
- one medium-sized, really old banana (should be black and very soft for best flavor)
- 1/2 cup of peanut butter
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 1/4 cup flour (can use 1/2 C whole wheat and 3/4 C regular if you are so inclined)
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup chocolate chips (semisweet. or chunks. whatever.)
directions:
- preheat oven to 350 degrees (or a few degrees cooler).
- in a large bowl, mash the banana. you want it to be pretty smooth. the older the banana, the easier this will be.
- add the egg, peanut butter, and sugars, and beat until smooth. (for the peanut butter, i just use a large spoon to scoop some out and compare that to a 1/2 C measure. it's hard to transfer it between containers.) (i use a fork to beat in this recipe, because then it's easy to stab out any banana or brown sugar chunks.)
- once smooth, add the flour, baking soda, and baking powder. dough may become a little difficult to mix.
- once everything is combined, add in the chocolate chips. i use my hand at this step because the dough is really thick.
- taste the dough. savor the flavor.
- roll into balls and place on cookie sheet (may want to grease your hands first so nothing sticks). you can make them whatever size you want... just make sure they are all the same size so they bake evenly.
- bake for about 10 minutes. pull out and cool on a wire rack if you have one. the cookies are pretty great warm though.
- enjoy!
old banana, mashed
peanut butter mixture, with flour
dough
plus chocolate chips
cookies, ready to bake (you can press them down to make them flatter if you want)
one cookie, sweating a little :)
baked cookies
mmmmm! these are round because i didn't press them down at all.
