These fluffy and delicious banana cookies should be called “Houdini cookies” since they disappear so quickly! My 1-year-old daughter loves to help make them — she pulls the paper from the butter, peels the bananas, then mashes and mixes. This recipe was my grandmother’s banana bread recipe, but one day I was in a rush and didn’t want to wait an hour for the bread to bake, so I tried cookies instead. We all agreed — it came out better this way.
Preparation Details
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 25 mins
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 medium ripe bananas, mashed, or more to taste
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
Steps
- Gather the ingredients.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix flour, bananas, 1/2 cup sugar, butter, walnuts, egg, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl until well combined.
- Drop 3-tablespoon portions dough onto the prepared baking sheet, about 2 to 3 inches apart. Sprinkle remaining 1 tablespoon sugar over cookies.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and edges are set, 15 to 20 minutes.