Banana Bread Cookies
Banana Bread Cookies! Soft on the inside, slightly crisp on the outside, with yummy frosting to boot!
Have you ever had banana bread and thought, “Hmm, what if this were a cookie?” Yes? Maybe? Lol ok, probably not, but that’s what you have me for. I’m here to try and mix random things that may or may not make sense and come to you with a recipe when I get tasty results. Well, today, I come bearing delicious results! These banana bread cookies scream fall but are the perfect treat all year round. (Fyi, I created it in the spring.) Also, this is my first time making a recipe post. I’m used to cooking from the heart, meaning I often cook by feeling rather than from exact measurements. Thankfully with baking desserts, I’m a bit more strict on myself with measurements because it’s hard to fix a botched dessert once it comes out of the oven. Nonetheless, some of my cooking from the heart still slips through. So, please bare with me and show your girl a little grace.
Nick Tips
- Watch your butter like a hawk while you brown it on the stove. The transition of the solid particles starting to brown happens quickly!
- Don’t be thirsty. Let the dough rest! I know it may be hard to fight the urge to immediately bake the cookie right after you finish making the dough, but allowing it to rest the full 12 hrs adds so much depth to the flavor.
- If you don’t feel like the extra effort frying banana slices and making the glaze for garnishments, you can opt for fresh banana slice to top your cookie.
- If you want to get really extra like I did, brown your butter for the frosting as well.
- Start preheating the oven a couple of minutes before you start adding cookies to your baking sheet.
Banana Bread Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 5 Medium sized ripe bananas (3 for cookie, 2 for garnish)
- 2 Egg
- 1 cup Butter
- 3 cups All-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup White sugar
- 1/2 cup Brown sugar
- 1 tbsp Honey
- 1 tbsp Vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup Evaporated milk
- a pinch of Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- Walnuts (as much as you'd like
Frosting
- 2/3 cup Butter
- 1 Cup Cream cheese
- 4 Cups Powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp Evaporated milk
Instructions
Cookie
- First brown the butter in a skillet for about 6 mins or till it starts foaming a bit at the top and shortly after turns a nice brownish-tan. Transfer into a heat resistant bowl and let the butter cool down back to solid state.
- In the same skillet used to brown the butter, reduce 3 mashed bananas. Stir occasionally and let simmer until the liquid from the bananas has reduced, and the banana mash is slightly caramelized. Set aside and let cool
- Once the browned butter is solid, mix together the butter, sugar and evaporated milk until it's a creamy consistency
- Add the eggs, honey, reduces bananas, and cinnamon to the butter mixture and whisk it until everything is evenly incorporated
- Mix together flour, salt, and baking soda
- Add the dry flour mixture into the butter mixture, and fold them together until everything is incorporated
- Fold in walnuts (optional)
- Rest dough in fridge for 12 hours
- Place generous spoonful of dough onto baking sheet
- Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 12-15 minutes
- Cool cookies for about 10 minutes (or not if your hungry a** can't wait 🤣😭)
Frosting
- Cream together softened butter and cream cheese
- Add in vanilla extract
- Whisk in powdered sugar
- Mix in evaporated milk
- Place in fridge until ready for use
Garnish and Glaze (For the folks that like to be extra)
- Cut 1/2 inch slices of banana
- Pan fry banana in buttered skillet for about 4 minutes on each side or until each side is brown and slightly crisped
- In the same skillet used to fry the bananas, deglaze the skillet with evaporated milk on low heat; add a few tbsps of evaporated milk at a time until you get a brown colored thin glaze consistency
Assembly
- Spread frosting on cooled cookies
- Sprinkle walnuts on top of frosted cookies
- Drizzle cookies with glaze
- Top cookies with a fried banana slice
Hello, I'm Nicole aka E.W Nick
I love food, but I love sharing that enjoyment with others even more.
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