Description
Soft and chewy Banana Bread Chocolate Chip Cookies made with browned butter, ripe banana, warm cinnamon, and gooey chocolate chips. The perfect mashup of banana bread and cookies!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into tablespoon pieces
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/3 cup mashed ripe banana
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup chocolate chips or chunks
- Flaky sea salt, for sprinkling
Instructions
- Brown the butter. Place the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Melt, then continue cooking, stirring frequently, until the butter foams and turns golden brown with a nutty aroma and brown specks form at the bottom. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes. You can put it in the fridge to speed up the process.
- Mix the wet ingredients. In a large bowl, whisk together the browned butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until smooth and glossy. Add the egg yolk, mashed banana, and vanilla extract. Mix until fully combined.
- Add the dry ingredients. Add the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- Mix. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix just until combined. Fold in the chocolate chips. The dough will be soft.
- Chill. Cover and refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour (or up to 24 hours).
- Bake. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Scoop the dough into balls (about 2 tablespoons each) and place on the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges are set and the centers are still soft.
- Pan Bang. When the cookies come out of the oven, tap (or “pan bang”) the baking sheet on the counter once or twice, this helps create those beautiful ripples and gives the cookies a slightly chewier texture.
- Cool. Sprinkle the cookies with flaky sea salt and let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 219
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 90 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 29 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg
Keywords: Banana Bread Chocolate Chip