It’s the FINAL day of AK Cookie Week 2024 and sure, I saved one of the best for final. This *would possibly* simply be my favourite cookie recipe I’ve ever made, which is saying one thing as a result of I’ve over 50 on my website.
I examined these insanely scrumptious salted brown butter banana chocolate chunk cookies not as soon as, not twice, however actually 5 occasions as a result of I knew they had been going to be one thing particular. And OMG. Actually distinctive is the one method to describe them. They’ve these excellent edges with a fudgy, chewy center, and pack within the taste from caramel-like brown butter, candy banana, and wealthy darkish chocolate in each chunk.
These cookies had been love at first chunk — my complete staff and household immediately grew to become obsessed. If these don’t win your cookie contest this 12 months, I don’t know what is going to!
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Substances in these banana chocolate chunk cookies
These deliciously fudgy brown butter banana cookies use easy elements and pack scrumptious taste. Right here’s what you’ll want:
- Butter: you already know we’re browning salted butter to provide the cookies that wealthy, nutty, caramel-like taste.
- Banana: you’ll add actual mashed banana proper to the dough for moisture and sweetness.
- Sugar: we’re utilizing a mixture of granulated sugar and brown sugar to sweeten the cookies.
- Flaxseed meal: only a little bit of flaxseed meal helps the cookies baked up with out an egg. Don’t skip it!
- Flour: you’ll want common all-purpose flour to bake these cookies.
- Baking staples: don’t neglect the vanilla extract, baking soda, somewhat cinnamon, and salt.
- Chocolate: chop up a darkish chocolate bar to get these stunning, melty chocolate chunks. I like Lindt 70% darkish chocolate!
- To garnish: as at all times, sprinkle your cookies with somewhat flaky sea salt for that candy and salty magic.
Wait, there’s no egg?
You learn that accurately! The mixture of mashed banana and flaxseed meal acts because the binder in these cookies. So that they’re utterly egg-free!
Can I make them gluten-free or dairy-free?
- To make gluten-free: please observe that I’ve NOT examined these banana chocolate chunk cookies utilizing a gluten-free flour, however I counsel making an attempt it with a 1:1 gluten-free all-purpose flour when you’d like! Let me know within the feedback when you give it a shot.
- To make dairy-free: use a vegan / dairy-free butter as a substitute — you’ll easy soften it as a substitute of browning it as vegan butter doesn’t brown.
Make these brown butter banana cookies your personal
I like the puddles of darkish chocolate paired with the candy banana taste on this recipe, however you might additionally:
Superb banana chocolate chunk cookies in 5 steps
- Brown the butter. Begin however browning your salted butter till it’s amber in shade and smelly good and nutty. Scrape ALL of the brown bits right into a bowl to chill. Get my ideas for browning butter right here!
- Combine the moist elements. Combine your entire moist elements in a massive bowl till the combination seems to be like caramel.
- End the dough. Add the dry elements proper into your bowl and blend till simply mixed, then fold within the chocolate chunks.
- Time to relax! That’s proper, you’ll chill the dough within the fridge for a minimum of 2 hours earlier than baking.
- Bake, cool & devour. Scoop your chilly dough into balls onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, then bake at 375 levels (this temp is necessary!) Pull them out proper when the perimeters began turning golden brown, then sprinkle with sea salt and funky earlier than devouring.
Don’t neglect my cookie-baking ideas
Reminder that you simply’ll discover all of my greatest ideas & tips for making excellent cookies within the Final Information to Cookie Baking e-book! A couple of key takeaways for these banana chocolate chunk cookies:
- Substitute at your personal threat. Please make sure to observe the recipe as written until substitutes are famous within the notes part of the recipe. Altering elements will doubtless change the feel and/or taste of the cookies, so accomplish that at your personal threat.
- Use room temp elements. After browning your butter, set it apart till it’s cooled to room temperature in order that it doesn’t have an effect on the feel of the cookies.
- Use contemporary baking soda. Ensure that your baking soda is contemporary to make sure that these cookies bake up correctly.
- Measure your elements accurately. On this recipe, it’s VERY necessary to measure out the mashed banana as a substitute of simply mashing and utilizing 1 full banana. I weighed the elements for these cookies, as you’ll see within the full recipe beneath. If you happen to don’t have a scale, make sure to use this technique for measuring flour.
- CHILL the dough. I do know it appears tedious, however you actually do wish to chill your dough for a minimum of 2 hours in order that they cookies don’t come out flat!
Storing & freezing ideas
- To retailer: retailer these brown butter banana cookies in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 5 days.
- To freeze: you may truly freeze the cookie dough OR the freshly baked cookies to get pleasure from later! Get all of my ideas and tips for freezing cookies right here.
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I hope you’re keen on these banana chocolate chunk cookies! If you happen to make them make sure to go away a remark and a score so I understand how you appreciated them. Get pleasure from, xo!
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Actually Distinctive Salted Brown Butter Banana Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Essentially the most unimaginable salted banana chocolate chunk cookies baked with wealthy brown butter, actual mashed banana, and puddles of darkish chocolate in each chunk. These may be my new all-time favourite cookies, and for good cause! They’re completely chewy and candy, and a sprinkle of flaky sea salt takes them to the subsequent degree. Chocolate banana heaven!
Substances
- Moist elements:
- ½ cup (113g) salted butter
- ⅓ cup (95g) mashed banana (from 1 medium ripe banana) YOU MUST MEASURE THIS OUT
- ¾ cup (150g) granulated sugar
- ¼ cup (53g) packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal (DO NOT SKIP THIS!)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Dry elements:
- 1 ⅔ cup (200g) all function flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon floor cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 3.5 ounces darkish chocolate (Lindt 70% darkish chocolate melts superbly in these!), coarsely chopped into chunks
- To garnish:
- Flaky sea salt (I like Maldon)
Directions
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Brown the butter: Soften the butter in a small saucepan over medium warmth. As soon as melted, whisk consistently; the butter will start to crackle, then finally foam. After a couple of minutes, the butter will start to show a golden amber shade. As quickly because the butter turns an amber brown brown and offers off a nutty aroma, 5 to eight minutes whole, take away from the warmth and switch to a medium bowl to chill for five to 10 minutes. MAKE SURE YOU SCRAPE ALL THE BROWN BITS INTO THE BOWL WITH A RUBBER SPATULA! Each little yummy bit counts!
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Combine the moist elements: Measure out ⅓ cup (95g) mashed banana. You probably have extra mashed banana, you may discard it. It is very important not use any greater than ⅓ cup or these cookies won’t bake up correctly. (Belief me, I examined the recipe 5 occasions!) After it’s mashed, beat the banana within the bowl with a fork for 30 seconds till just about no lumps stay. Subsequent, add within the granulated sugar, brown sugar, flaxseed meal and vanilla extract and whisk till clean and the combination resembles caramel.
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Add the dry elements: In the identical bowl with the moist elements, add within the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Fold the dry elements into the dough with a wood spoon till properly mixed. Subsequent, gently fold within the chocolate chunks.
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Chill the dough: Cowl the bowl with the dough with plastic wrap and switch to the fridge to relax for at least 2 hours or as much as 24 hours.
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As soon as able to bake: Preheat the oven to 375 levels F. (Once more, I wish to ensure that we all know the correct temp is 375 levels F.!) 🙂Line a big baking sheet with parchment paper.
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Bake: As soon as the oven is preheated, make your dough balls (you wish to have chilly dough going onto the baking sheet). Measure about 1 ½-2 tablespoons of dough and roll right into a ball, inserting dough balls a minimum of 3 inches aside. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes till the perimeters of the cookies are flippantly golden brown. Mine had been excellent at 10 minutes each time. Take away from the oven, instantly sprinkle with sea salt, then enable cookies to chill on the cookie sheet for 15 to twenty minutes. Get pleasure from!
Recipe Notes
To freeze: you may truly freeze the cookie dough OR the freshly baked cookies to get pleasure from later! Get all of my ideas and tips for freezing cookies right here.
Recipe by: Monique Volz // Formidable Kitchen | Images by: Eat Love Eats