chocolate chip banana cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1/2 cup walnuts (optional)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup mashed very ripe banana
• 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• spread walnuts a baking sheet.
• bake in the preheated oven until walnuts are toasted and fragrant, 5 to 7 minutes. remove from oven and cool; coarsely chop.
• whisk all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. beat butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until pale and fluffy; add egg and vanilla extract. beat until just combined. beat banana into creamed butter mixture until just combined.
• stir flour mixture into creamed butter mixture until dough is just combined; fold in oats, chocolate chips, and walnuts. drop heaping spoonfuls of dough the prepared baking sheets, spacing each mound about 1 1/2 inch apart.
• bake on the center rack of the preheated oven for 6 minutes. rotate pans and bake until edges are browned, 6 to 7 more minutes. cool cookies on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.