Chunky Banana-Chocolate Chip Cookies

Have super-ripe bananas? Make super-size cookies frosted with easy-to-make banana frosting.

Prep Time

Minutes

Total Time

Minutes

Makes

About 1 1/2 dozen cookies

2 1/2

ripe medium bananas

cup sugar

1/2

cup butter or margarine, softened

teaspoon vanilla

eggs

cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1 1/2

teaspoons baking powder

1/4

teaspoon salt

cup semisweet chocolate chips

1/2

cup coarsely chopped walnuts

cup Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting (from 1-lb container)

1/4

cup chopped walnuts and/or miniature semisweet chocolate chips, if desired

Heat oven to 375°F. Mash 2 of the bananas to measure 1 cup mashed; reserve remaining 1/2 banana. In large bowl, beat sugar, butter, vanilla, eggs and mashed bananas with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon, until well blended. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in chocolate chips and 1/2 cup walnuts.
Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased large cookie sheet.
Bake 11 to 15 minutes or until set and edges begin to turn light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
Mash enough of remaining 1/2 banana to measure 2 tablespoons mashed. In medium bowl, stir frosting and mashed banana until smooth and spreadable. Spread each cookie with about 1 tablespoon frosting. Sprinkle 1/4 cup walnuts over frosted cookies.

Makes About 1 1/2 dozen cookies

Make the Most of This Recipe With Tips From The Betty Crocker^® Kitchens

Success

Using a spring-handled ice-cream scoop to drop the dough ensures cookies of the same size that bake evenly.

Storage

Allow frosting to harden or become set before storing cookies between layers of waxed paper, plastic wrap or foil.

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Cookie)

Calories 310

(Calories from Fat 120),

Total Fat 13g

(Saturated Fat 7g,
Trans Fat 0g),

Cholesterol 40mg;
Sodium 115mg;
Total Carbohydrate 45g

(Dietary Fiber 1g,
Sugars 31g),

Protein 3g;

Percent Daily Value*:

Exchanges:

1 Starch;
0 Fruit;
2 Other Carbohydrate;
0 Skim Milk;
0 Low-Fat Milk;
0 Milk;
0 Vegetable;
0 Very Lean Meat;
0 Lean Meat;
0 High-Fat Meat;
2 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Chunky Banana-Chocolate Chip Cookies

Make the Most of This Recipe With Tips From The Betty Crocker® Kitchens

Make the Most of This Recipe With Tips From The Betty Crocker^® Kitchens