I have a confession. I don’t always use the bananas that get too ripe on my counter. I watch them spot and darken and shrivel. Then, instead of baking them into banana bread, I throw them away. There. Now you know the kind of person I am.
But the other day, I did rescue some old bananas from certain garbage. I wasn’t in the mood for Banana Bread or Cream Cheese Banana Bread with Orange Glaze, so I did a search on Tasty Kitchen and came up with this recipe.
Here’s what you’ll need:
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 mashed bananas
1 egg
3 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
semi-sweet chocolate chips – 1 bag
(The recipe only called for 1 cup of chips, but we like lots of chocolate.)
Cream the butter and sugar together in a mixer bowl. Add the eggs and bananas. In a separate bowl, stir together the dry ingredients. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet, mixing until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a baking sheet or stone. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
The cookies are soft and cake-like. The combination of chocolate and banana is complemented by the touch of cinnamon. I’m a bit ashamed to admit that we ate the whole batch of cookies in one afternoon/evening. But I started out with confessions, so I may as well end that way too.
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Yum! A woman I used to work with made cookies like this all the time. She would sometimes add a little coconut to give it a different flavor. I’m like you–I don’t always eat or use the over-ripe bananas. It feels good to confess that!
Those look yummy! I never let a banana go unused! I’ll freeze them if I have too! Next time why not try this wonderful recipe…
http://knit1kids4.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/chocolate-friday-is-here/
These sound fabulous! I have some over-ripe bananas on my counter right now that are just begging to be used!
Those look fantastic!
Great recipe! I always use mine up, but there are other food I let go bad all the time. I could kick myself when I do that!
Those sound wonderful!! I’m going to have to try it out!!
I bought bananas yesterday so I could make some bread or something.. I will have to try these.. and I’m just like you.. I buy them, then throw them.. sometimes I might throw they in the woods for the critters but most of the time straight to the trash.. I am really goin to try this weekend to do something with them.
Those cookies look so good. Great picture.
I don’t blame you…if I made banana bread everytime I got old banana’s, I’d be making a flippin lot of banana bread. These cookies look great though…glad you rescues those bananas!
Your site is really cool. These cookies look yummy. I love anything with banana:)
Oops forgot to say I’m stopping by from SITS. Hope you have a great Sunday.
I’m the biggest offender when it comes to throwing away overripe bananas! I’ve finally let go of the guilt after several years of this wastefulness!
this looks like a great recipe, thanks for trying it out and sharing!