Walnut Banana Cookie Recipe

Recipes

Walnut Banana Cookies

Submitted By: Chef Emily Luchetti

Perfect with milk, these mouth-watering cookies offer a flavorful combination of banana and crunchy walnuts.

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Ingredients

12 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

2/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 large egg

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 large banana

3/4 cup instant (1 minute) oats

1 3/4 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 1/4 cups California walnuts, toasted and chopped

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Beat the butter and sugars together until smooth. Mix in the egg and vanilla extract. Finely chop the banana (there will be about 3/4 cup) and stir it into the sugar mixture. Stir in the oats, flour, salt, baking powder and walnuts.
Spoon the dough about 1 1/2 inches apart on parchment lined cookie sheets.
Bake until light brown, about 15 minutes.

christine said:: April 13, 2010, 2:33 PM; These cookies were amazing. Very light and fluffy. They didn't quite look as pretty as the photo example, but they were delicious nonetheless.

eileen said:: May 17, 2010, 3:49 PM; by far the best cookie i have baked and eaten! i made the recipe all organic, low fat using applesauce instead of butter and gluten free (for my fiancee who has celiac's). we loved every bite! i had to stop myself from eating all of them before he got home from work! will DEFINATELY make them again.

melanie said:: July 13, 2010, 6:59 PM; great tasting cookie, but i don't think the picture depicting it is the right cookie since ours don't come out looking that way! doesn't matter though, looks just like a drop cookie with a slight cakey texture. Delish :)

rachel said:: April 12, 2011, 3:06 AM; The picture appeared to have chocolate chips in it but I didn't see it in the recipe. I added them in just in case-I used 72% guittard and while I am sure the cookies would be great without the chocolate, they were delicious with them. I liked that the cookies were not super sweet, they were sort of mellow and seemed healthy.

henry said:: April 17, 2011, 12:30 AM; What is being called chocolate chips is actually toasted walnuts which has to be done in your oven.If you don't toast the walnuts the cookie want look or tast the same.

Emily Luchetti said:

November 24, 2011, 12:36 AM

So happy to see that my walnut banana cookies worked well for everyone. Thanks for the clarification too, Henry.

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