I made these Martha Stewart Banana-Walnut Chocolate Chunk Cookies to take to a church barbeque. I figured I couldn’t go wrong with cookies for a church function, but wanted them to be slightly unique. You know that chocolate chip banana bread everyone loves? Well these are kinda like that bread in a cookie.They are thick, soft, and chewy–just the way I like ’em. And the banana adds extra moisture that makes them even better!
Banana-Walnut Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
1 teaspoon coarse salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened (I used 3/4 c. crisco, I like it better for cookies)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 large egg
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup mashed ripe banana (about 1 large)
1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
8 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped into 1/4-inch chunks (I just used Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Chips- they are big!)
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts (about 2 ounces), toasted
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Whisk together flours, salt, and baking soda in a small bowl; set aside. Put butter and sugars into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy. Reduce speed to low. Add egg and vanilla; mix until combined. Mix in banana. Add flour mixture; mix until just combined. Stir in oats, chocolate chunks, and walnuts.
Using a 1 1/2-inch ice cream scoop, drop dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper, spacing about 2 inches apart. Bake cookies, rotating sheets halfway through, until golden brown and just set, 12 to 13 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks; let cool completely. Cookies can be stored in airtight containers up to 2 days
**After cooking one batch, I decided 375 was too hot so I lowered my oven temp to 350. 10-11 minutes seemed to be the perfect cook time.
by Martha Stewart
YUMMY YUMMY!!! I made these this afternoon. I am in LOVE!