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Cookies are good for you. They make you feel warm and fuzzy. Okay. Okay. They make me feel warm and fuzzy.
Do you like banana bread?
…with chocolate chips?
…and walnuts?
Are you drooling yet?
I wish I could send you all a dozen of these freaking fantastic cookies. Instead, I’ll do you a little better. Here’s my super secret recipe. Share it with all your banana-chocolate chip-walnut friends. Send some to school with your kids. Drop some off at your neighbor’s. Bring some to church. Leave some out for Santa on Christmas Eve. And a few for Rudolph, too.
Best Christmas Cookies in the World
Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
The Secret to this recipe is that the riper the bananas, the better these cookies are!
Ingredients
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (can substitute with gluten free flour)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup mashed bananas (about 3-4 really ripe bananas)
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C)
• Grease cookie sheets or use parchment paper
• Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together, and set aside
• Cream the butter and the bananas with the sugar until light and fluffy
• Beat in the eggs and vanilla
• Add the flour mixture, and stir until just combined
• Stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts
• Lick the beaters
• Drop by spoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets
• Lick the spoon
• Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes
Makes about 3 1/2 – 4 dozen yummy-licious cookies
Nom Nom Nom Nom!
Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
By Peggy Nolan