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    🏠Home » Recipes » Dessert Recipes

    Banana Nut Cookies

    Dec 12, 2013 · Modified: Apr 16, 2021 by Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan · 2 Comments

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    4.20 from 5 votes

    This great soft cookie has the wonderful taste of banana nut bread. A mouth-watering combination of banana and crunchy walnuts it's banana bread that comes in a cookie.

    baked cookies on a tray

    Jump To:
    • 🍌The Bananas
    • 👨‍🍳Seasoning
    • ❄️Storage
    • 📖Banana Nut Recipes
    • 🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions
    • 📝Recipe

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    Introduction

    The perfect cookie 'n milk cookie. And is done in 30 minutes with these easy step by step photo instructions.

    Adapted from a Food.com recipe with only minor changes. This makes a softer, more cake-like cookie that truly tastes like banana nut bread. Give it a try.

    My Rating

    My rating system of a 4 out of 5 so very nice.

    A very nice 4.

    🍌The Bananas

    This recipe needs about one cup of mashed ripe bananas. That is about 2 medium to larger bananas.

    We want ripe or “overripe” bananas. Why? They are sweeter and make the recipe much better than greener bananas.

    👨‍🍳Seasoning

    The original recipe had cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. It was a little heavy in the last two and I suggested a range in the recipe for both. I will stay with the low end of the ranges.

    ❄️Storage

    Good at room temperature for about 2 days. Refrigerated for 3-4 days and frozen for 2-3 months.

    📖Banana Nut Recipes

    Banana Nut Bread

    Oven Baked Banana Pancake

    Banana Nut Cake

    Really Good Banana Nut Muffins

    This recipe is listed in these categories. See them for more similar recipes.

    Dessert Recipes
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    🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions

    two bananas along with flour and cookie ingredients

    A couple of ripe bananas and other things you have. Let the butter and egg rest and come to room temperature before starting. Preheat oven to 350° conventional, not convection.

    butter with sugar and spices on stand mixer

    In a mixing bowl, add one stick (½ cup) butter at room temperature and 1 cup sugar. Cream together at high speed for a few minutes with a hand or stand mixer until becoming fluffy.  Add one room temperature egg and whip for a few minutes.

    adding baking soda to the bananas

    Mash 2 large bananas to make about 1 cup of "banana mush" and mix one tsp of baking soda and let sit for a few minutes.

    adding flour to the stand mixer

    Mix the banana into the butter. Mix well. Add 2 cups flour, one pinch of salt, and ½ tsp each of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. I suggest cutting back the nutmeg and cloves to ¼ tsp each. Mix in 1 cup of chopped nuts or chocolate chips.

    spooning dough onto covered cooking tray

    Prep two baking trays with parchment paper. I like a larger cookie, so I used an ice cream scoop that makes a larger cookie.

    baked cookies on a baking tray

    Cook until edges are turning a bit darker brown. These large cookies took 15 minutes. A smaller cookie might take as little as 12 minutes.

    Banana Nut with bite out of it

    Allow to rest on the tray for 5 minutes after coming out of the oven before moving to a cooling rack.

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    📝Recipe

    baked cookies on a tray

    Banana Nut Cookies

    From Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan
    This great soft cookie has the wonderful taste of banana nut bread. A mouth-watering combination of banana and crunchy walnuts it's banana bread that comes in a cookie.
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    4.20 from 5 votes
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    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes
    Servings #/Adjust if desired 24 cookies

    Ingredients

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    • ½ cup butter
    • 1 large egg
    • 2 cups flour
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 2 bananas - ripe
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 pinch salt
    • ¼-½ teaspoon cinnamon
    • ¼-½ teaspoon nutmeg
    • ¼-½ teaspoon cloves
    • 1 cup chopped nuts - or chocolate chips
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    Instructions

    • Allow one stick (½ cup) of butter and one egg to rest to room temperature. Preheat oven to 350°.
      two bananas along with flour and cookie ingredients
    • In a mixing bowl add one stick (½ cup) butter at room temperature and 1 cup sugar. Cream together at high speed for a few minutes with a hand or stand mixer until becoming fluffy. Add one room temperature egg and whip for a few minutes.
      butter with sugar and spices on stand mixer
    • Mash 2 large bananas to make about 1 cup of “banana mush” and mix one teaspoon of baking soda and let sit for a few minutes.
      adding baking soda to the bananas
    • Mix the banana into the butter. Mix well. Add 2 cups flour, one pinch of salt, and ½ teaspoon cinnamon. And ¼-1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg, and cloves. Add 1 cup chopped nuts (or chocolate chips) and mix.
      adding flour to the stand mixer
    • Prep two baking trays with parchment paper. I like a larger cookie, so I used an ice cream scoop that makes a bigger cookie.
      spooning dough onto covered cooking tray
    • Cook until edges are turning a bit darker brown. These large cookies took 15 minutes. A smaller cookie might take as little as 12 minutes. Allow to rest on the tray for 5 minutes after coming out of the oven before moving to a cooling rack.
      baked cookies on a baking tray
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    Recipe Notes

    Pro Tips

    1. Ripe bananas are best in this recipe.
    2. The original recipe had cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. It was a little heavy in the last two and I suggested a range in the recipe for both. I will stay with the low end of the ranges.
    3. Good at room temperature for about 2 days. Refrigerated for 3-4 days and frozen for 2-3 months.

    To adjust the recipe size:

    You may adjust the number of servings in this recipe card under servings. This does the math for the ingredients for you. BUT it does NOT adjust the text of the instructions. So you need to do that yourself.

    Nutrition Estimate

    Nutrition Facts
    Banana Nut Cookies
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 145 Calories from Fat 63
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 7g11%
    Saturated Fat 3g15%
    Cholesterol 10mg3%
    Sodium 82mg3%
    Potassium 68mg2%
    Carbohydrates 19g6%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 10g11%
    Protein 2g4%
    Vitamin A 124IU2%
    Vitamin C 1mg1%
    Calcium 8mg1%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    Serving size is my estimate of a normal size unless stated otherwise. The number of servings per recipe is stated above. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.
    Course : Sweets
    Cuisine : American

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    Originally Published December 12, 2013. Updated with expanded discussion and refreshed photos.

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    1. Donna Carlsen

      June 02, 2019 at 7:17 pm

      on the Ingredients list, EGG is not listed. I intend to make this recipe, because it's unusual and sounds DELISH!

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      • Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan

        June 08, 2019 at 6:01 pm

        Hi Donna,
        Welcome to the blog. So sorry about the delayed response.
        I fixed the lack of egg in the list as soon as you brought it up but the house was full of company and my note got delayed.
        I suspect it has been like that for years but nobody brought it up.
        Thanks so much for the note and the proofread. Hope the cookies work well for you.
        Dan

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