Chewy, nutty and packed with chocolate chips, these Chocolate Banana Cookies are divine with a cup of tea or coffee. You will not resist cookies served warm with a glass of milk, too. They are tasty and fun to make with the little ones.
I am not a huge fan of cookies (I am more a cake-lover), but these chocolate banana cookies are the best ones I have ever tried. My taste receptors are really spoiled with delicious French desserts. Believe me that if I say these cookies are TASTY, they are TASTY.
I remember when I baked Chocolate Banana Cookies for the first time. I looked at the batch – 24 cookies to be precise – and thought that we would never finish them. However, the tray was empty in two hours! And take into consideration that we are only three adults with a sweet tooth.
The team of the Israeli-British chef Yotam Ottolenghi did a great job in creating the recipe of Chocolate Banana Cookies. The brilliant idea of adding banana to the recipe was based on a deep knowledge of bread and brioche. The banana makes cookies moist and flavorful.
Why Chocolate Banana Cookies Recipe Works
- Spending one hour of hands-on time and three hours of cookie chilling reward you with 24 delicious cookies. It makes sense to double the recipe since the active time is almost the same.
- Adding banana to the recipe brings additional moisture and flavor to cookies.
- Wrapping unbaked balls with chopped pecans gives some crunchiness to the baked goodies.
- Making the dough in advance and freezing unbaked cookies for up to 3 months saves time during the holiday rush.
How to Make Chocolate Banana Cookies – Step by Step
To make the cookie dough, place the softened butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer * and whisk, until pale yellow and fluffy. Add the egg to the bowl and continue to whisk till the mixture becomes homogeneous (photo 1).
In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder *, cocoa powder *, cinnamon and salt, then add to the butter/sugar/egg mixture. Mix everything on a low speed for 15 seconds (photo 2).
Add chocolate chips and mashed banana (photo 3) and mix with a rubber spatula * (photo 4). Cover the bowl with a plastic film * and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
Make the 1 inch/2.5 cm round balls (about 20 g each) from the dough, using hands. You might need to wash hands a few times, rolling the dough into balls. Place chopped pecans in a bowl, and roll each ball into the nuts to coat. Try to press the pecans in so that they stick (photo 5). Place cookie balls on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper * – the distance between them does not matter – and refrigerate again for at least an hour (photo 6).
Preheat oven to 375 F/190 C. Line two baking sheets with baking parchment. Place icing sugar in a bowl and generously roll each cookie ball in icing sugar. Place balls on the prepared baking sheets 1 inch/2.5 cm apart, press/flatten cookies to 0.4 inch/1 cm thick (photo 7) and bake 10 minutes. Remove cookies from the oven and let cool on baking sheets for 10 minutes (photo 8). Gently transfer chocolate cookies to a wire rack * to cool completely; although, the cookies can be served warm, when they are gooey in the center.
Expert Tips to Make Chocolate Banana Cookies
- Replace pecans with walnuts if you prefer.
- Switch chocolate chips for the same amount of dark cooking chocolate, cut into 0.5 cm pieces.
- Do not over bake cookies. They have to be lightly under baked in order to get the fudgy center. Once the cookies cool, the center will finish cooking but remains soft.
- Serve cookies on the day of baking: they taste the best!
- During the holiday season, make the dough, wrap cookie balls with copped pecans in advance and keep them in the fridge for up to 2 days. Or freeze them up to 3 months! Keep cookies in the fridge over night to thaw and bake on the next day.
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Chewy, nutty and packed with chocolate chips, these Chocolate Banana Cookies are divine with a cup of tea or coffee. You will not resist cookies served warm with a glass of milk, too. They are tasty and fun to make with the little ones.
Ingredients
- 110 g butter, softened
- 110 g caster sugar
- 1 large egg
- 125 g flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder *
- 20 g cocoa powder *
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 100 g chocolate chips (70% cocoa)
- 50 g mashed banana
- 170 g pecan
- 100 g icing sugar
Instructions
- To make the cookie dough, place the softened butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixerm whisk, until pale yellow and fluffy. Add the egg to the bowl and continue to whisk till the mixture becomes homogeneous.
- In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder *, cocoa powder *, cinnamon and salt, then add to the butter/sugar/egg mixture. Mix everything on a low speed for 15 seconds. Add chocolate chips and mashed banana and mix with a rubber spatula *. Cover the bowl with a plastic film * and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Make the 1 inch/2.5 cm round balls (about 20 g each) from the dough, using hands. You might need to wash hands a few times, rolling the dough into balls. Place chopped pecans in a bowl, and roll each ball into the nuts to coat. Try to press the pecans in so that they stick. Place cookie balls on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper * – the distance between them does not matter – and refrigerate again for at least an hour.
- Preheat oven to 375 F/190 C. Line two baking sheets with baking parchment. Place icing sugar in a bowl and generously roll each cookie ball in icing sugar. Place balls on the prepared baking sheets 1 inch/2.5 cm apart, press/flatten cookies to 0.4 inch/1 cm thick and bake 10 minutes. Remove cookies from the oven and let cool on baking sheets for 10 minutes. Gently transfer chocolate cookies to a wire rack * to cool completely; although, the cookies can be served warm, when they are gooey in the center.
Notes
- Replace pecans with walnuts if you prefer.
- Switch chocolate chips for the same amount of dark cooking chocolate, cut into 0.5 cm pieces.
- Do not over bake cookies. The have to be lightly under baked in order to get the fudgy center. Once the cookies cools, the center will finish cooking but remains soft.
- Serve cookies on the day of baking: they taste the best!
- During the holiday season, make the dough, wrap cookie balls with copped pecans in advance and keep them in the fridge for up to 2 days. Or freeze them up to 3 months! Keep cookies in the fridge over night to thaw and bake on the next day.
Nutrition
- Calories: 152
- Sugar: 8.3 g
- Sodium: 56 mg
- Fat: 10.4 g
- Saturated Fat: 3/9 g
- Carbohydrates: 14.1 g
- Fiber: 1.4 g
- Protein: 2.1 g
- Cholesterol: 19 mg
Keywords: chocolate cookies, chocolate banana cookies, chocolate chip cookies, holiday cookies, christmas cookies
The recipe is taken from https://ottolenghi.co.uk/. It is re-written by me, but the authorship of the recipe belongs to Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh. All posted pictures are mine.
The recipe was originally published in September, 2018. It has been revised to include improved content and photos.
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