These soft baked peanut butter banana cookies are chewy and delicious and the perfect new recipe to use up your brown bananas!
The other day my sister was reading a Food Network magazine and said, "Oh hey, it's Elvis's birthday soon. You should do something Elvisy for a post."
Well, I guess "the other day" was actually over a month ago because I just checked on Google and his birthday was actually January 8. Also, I think bacon is actually supposed to be included in the famous peanut butter banana Elvis sandwich. It's not like me to forget bacon. I don't know what's happening to me.
Anyway, even though these didn't turn out to be as Elvisy as I may have hoped, they did turn out as awesome as I hoped in every other way.
In fact... even better than I had hoped.
How do you make Banana Cookies Chewy?
The trick is leaving out the eggs. If you've ever had a banana cookie before, you know they have a tendency
to be cakey from the extra moisture added by the bananas. That's why
instead of just adding banana into the recipe, I swapped an egg out for
it.
Yes, this dough is egg free. That means you won't get food poisoning
when you eat all of the dough before it gets to the oven. It's same
technique I used for my Chewy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, which were a smashing success.
Can I make these cookies gluten free?
Yes! Like most of my cookies and brownies, these turn out great with gluten free flour. I love Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free All-purpose mix (this one, not the one with chickpeas in it!!).
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Would it be hard to make these gluten free?
ReplyDeleteUse 1:1 gluten free flour
DeleteBob’s Red Mill or Trader Joe’s
Is the banana taste very obvious in the finished product? These look amazing, I am just new to banana as a substitute in pb cookies!
ReplyDeleteTJ, you could try it!
ReplyDeleteCatherine, the banana is noticeable in the finished product. I was going for flavor in this recipe, not trying to sneak them in.
ReplyDeleteCan I make this with crunchy peanut butter?
ReplyDeleteMade these today and they're delicious! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI made these this morning. Yum! My daughter said that they would have all been gone before lunch if I had added chocolate chips!
ReplyDeleteIs there a video?
ReplyDeleteHow much peanut butter? It doesn’t say in the ingredients. But it says to add the peanut butter in the instructions.
ReplyDeleteNo egg?
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