Banana Chocolate Chip Cookie
Chocolate Chip Cookies with Banana Bread
This banana chocolate chip cookie is soft, chewy, and moist, and it tastes just like banana bread. You’ll love everything about these banana bread cookies, from how soft they are to how easy they are to make.
You might want to make banana bread, but you might not want to wait an hour for it to bake. Or maybe you just have one bad banana. This is where these banana chocolate chip cookies come in. Imagine all the moist, banana flavor of a thick slice of chocolate chip banana bread in a cookie that is soft with a chewy edge and gooey center. Yes, I KNOW. They are the cookie of my dreams.
What is the best part? You can make them in one bowl with just 10 ingredients and no time to chill, so you can eat them in less than 30 minutes. A big win.
What is it about these banana chocolate chip cookies that makes them so good?
Fine. I need to warn you that these banana bread chocolate chip cookies might be the most addictive baked good I’ve ever made before we move on. I just want you to know what you’re getting into. I could talk about these banana bread cookies for hours.
- Edges that are chewy
- Center that is soft and gooey
- Full of chocolate chips
- You only need one ripe banana.
- Simple to make vegan
- Simple to make gluten-free
- One bowl makes it
- Few ingredients
- No time to relax
- Stay wet for days
Do I really need to go on?
What you need to make banana bread cookies
You only need ten things to make these one-bowl banana chocolate chip cookies. Most of these things are probably already in your pantry!
- Overripe banana: I like to use a medium-sized banana that is very brown to get the most sweetness. Our mashed banana turned out to be about 1/4 of a cup, so if your bananas are an odd size,
- Vegetable oil: You can use melted butter or shortening instead of vegetable oil if you want, but vegetable oil will give your banana bread chocolate chip cookies that smooth crumb that banana bread is known for.
- Brown sugar: Brown sugar will make your cookies chewy, soft, and just sweet enough. You can change the amount of sugar in the recipe to suit your taste, depending on how ripe your banana is.
- Egg yolk: The secret to chewy banana cookies instead of cakey ones is to only use an egg yolk. This will give your cookies the right amount of structure without making them feel like bread.
- Pure vanilla extract: A splash of pure vanilla extract will make your banana bread cookies taste like they came from a fancy restaurant.
- All-purpose flour: All-purpose flour will make the perfect crumb for your banana chocolate chip cookies. I have also been able to make these with Bob’s Redmill 1:1 Baking Flour and whole wheat flour!
- Baking soda: Adding baking soda to your cookies will give them the classic crinkly top look of chocolate chip cookies.
- Ground cinnamon: A sprinkle of ground cinnamon keeps these banana cookies nice and warm!
- Chocolate chips: Of course, any good banana bread has a lot of chocolate chips in it, and these banana bread cookies are no different. You can use any kind of chocolate you like!
How to make the best banana chocolate chip cookies
This simple banana recipe is great for new bakers because it’s so easy to follow. To make sure your banana cookies are always perfect, follow these three steps.
- Use a banana that is overripe: The riper your banana is, the better it will be for baking. A very ripe, brown banana will make your banana chocolate chip cookies taste more like bananas and keep them sweet.
- Don’t mix the batter too much: Mix the batter only until there are no more streaks of flour. Stop mixing once everything is mixed together. If you mix too much, the texture will be dry and bread-like.
- Don’t bake them all the way through: Your banana cookies will keep baking as they cool, so they should still be a little raw in the middle when you take them out of the oven. They will cool down and become a perfectly gooey center!
Do you have more bananas that are going bad? Take a look at our top banana dessert recipes!