Banana Bread Cookies 🍌🍪

All the cozy flavor of banana bread—in soft, chewy cookie form! These easy cookies are packed with ripe bananas, cinnamon, and chocolate chips, making them the perfect snack for banana lovers.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

✅ Soft & cake-like – Just like banana bread, but portable!
✅ Easy to make – No mixer needed, ready in 30 minutes.
✅ Great for ripe bananas – No more wasting overripe fruit!
✅ Kid-approved – A lunchbox or after-school favorite.

Ingredients (Makes ~18 cookies)

For the Cookies:

1 cup (120g) all-purpose flour

½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp salt

½ cup (1 stick / 115g) unsalted butter, melted
⅓ cup (65g) brown sugar
¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar

½ cup (120g) mashed ripe banana (~1 medium banana)
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ cup (90g) chocolate chips (or walnuts for crunch)

Optional Topping:

Cinnamon sugar for rolling

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Prep & Preheat

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment.

2. Mix Dry Ingredients

Whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl.

3. Make the Dough

In another bowl, mix melted butter, sugars, banana, and vanilla.
Stir in dry ingredients until just combined.
Fold in chocolate chips.

4. Bake

Scoop 1.5 tbsp dough per cookie, spacing 2 inches apart.
Bake 10-12 mins until edges are set (centers will look soft).

5. Cool & Enjoy!

Let cool 5 mins on the pan (they’ll firm up).

Pro Tips

🍌 Extra banana flavor? Use very ripe bananas (lots of brown spots!).
🔥 Chewier cookies? Bake 1-2 mins less.
🍫 Mix-ins – Try white chocolate chips + pecans for a twist.

Storage & Freezing

🍽 Room temp – Keep in an airtight container for 3 days.
❄️ Freeze dough – Scoop and freeze unbaked; bake from frozen (+1-2 mins).

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