Banana and Chocolate Chip Cookies...Yummmmm!

A great way to use those over ripe bananas and a nice break from banana bread!!!

What with it being summer right now and always having a bunch of children running through my house I like to have something for the kids to snack on. I have been making snack like cakes and stuff but I wanted to make some cookies.

I had some bananas that were quite a bit darker then they need to be for eating so I knew I wanted to make a cookie using them. Martha Stewart's Banana-Walnut-Chocolate-Chunk Cookies did the trick. This is the recipe that I used with my changes.

Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies (adapted from Martha's Banana-Walnut Chocolate Chunk Cookies)

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 light brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1-2 ripe/over ripe bananas, mashed
1 cup rolled oats
8 oz bittersweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions

Combine flours ,salt and baking soda in a bowl; set aside.
Mix butter and sugars with mixer until fluffy.
Add egg, vanilla and banana continue mixing until well blended.
Then add flour mixture.
Stir in oats, walnuts and chocolate chunks.
Spoon out in hefty scoops onto a parchment linked baking sheet.
(Or just a greased cookie sheet is fine)
(Batter will be gloppy or runny not firm or packable)
Bake for 12 minutes at 375 degrees.

These cookies were so delicious. The little ones had them gone in no time. At least nothing is going to waste this summer!!! Take a plate of these to the 4th of July party and you will see what I mean!!!

As Always...

Happy Entertaining!!!

Judy
www.nofearentertaining.com