Peanut Butter and Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

If you love a cookie with a cake-like texture and crispy outer edges, then you'll LOVE these Peanut Butter and Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies!

A delicious mash-up of a few classic cookie recipes all rolled into one.

Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip cookies need to go on to your baking list...STAT!

Table of Contents Found Here

• The ingredient list:
• The story behind the recipe:
• Fond memories of our trip:
• Back to the recipe...
• How to make Peanut Butter and Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies:
• Additional recipes featuring bananas:
• Printable Recipe Card
• Please comment if you've made this recipe.

The ingredient list:

• butter
• granulated sugar
• brown sugar
• over-ripe bananas
• peanut butter
• egg
• flour
• baking soda
• baking powder
• salt
• quick cooking oats
• chocolate-chips

The story behind the recipe:

In mid-May, a few years back, my husband and I packed up our car, our three dogs, and we took a week-long vacation at a lake house in Cassopolis, Michigan, along with our two best friends.

Since I knew I wouldn't be doing much cooking or baking while we were away (it was a vacation, after all), the day before we left, I quickly whipped up a batch of these Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies to bring along on our trip.

Since the friends we were traveling with love their sweets, I wanted to bring something that would satisfy and yet be a tad healthier than the average chocolate chip cookie.

The addition of mashed bananas and rolled oats filled the bill nicely, and the results are these Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies that also fit seamlessly into the breakfast category. LOL, You can thank me later!

Fond memories of our trip:

The thing that I was most excited about when planning our vacation was that this was going to be the first time that we were taking our dogs along on the trip.

For those of you who are pet parents, you know that the hardest thing about a taking vacation is leaving the fur-kids behind.

Somehow they know, as soon as the suitcases come out, that they'll be left behind, and they hang their saddest of faces!

But, not THIS time! Oh no... This time, we're ALL going on vacation! WOOF!

Here they all are in the car on the way to the lake house. Look closely to see all three pups. From left to right: Nellie, Ivy, and Nutmeg.

We didn't know what to expect by taking all three of them in a car at one time (for a three-hour trip), but it couldn't have gone better. Look how happy Nutmeg is!!!

And here they are on the pontoon boat. All that sunshine, fresh air, and waves really knock a girl out. Make that three girls (four if you count me)!

Thanks for allowing me to indulge by showing off my dogs. Anyone who truly knows me knows how important they are to me, and to my daily existence. I know it sounds rather dramatic, but I do believe it's true!

Back to the recipe...

And now without further ado, it's time to get to the recipe for these delicious cookies...

How to make Peanut Butter and Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies:

• Mash the bananas in a large bowl.
• Add the peanut butter, butter, brown sugar, egg, and granulated sugar to the bowl.

• Cream the ingredients together until blended.
• Add the all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• Blend until just combined.

• Add the oats and chocolate chips.
• Drop the batter onto baking sheets by rounded tablespoons.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes.

Additional recipes featuring bananas:

Silky, creamy, and full of banana flavor! If you love bananas, Banana Panna Cotta is a dessert with your name written all over it!

The flavor in this Banana Poppy Seed Cake is simply scrumptious. The cake is tender and has a wonderful crumb, and the banana buttercream frosting has the perfect sweetness to compliment this delicious cake.

Blueberry Banana Quick Bread with white chocolate and pecans is a definite upgrade from your typical banana loaf recipe. It's easy to make too!!

Printable Recipe Card

I sincerely hope you've enjoyed today's easy cookie recipe for Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Cookies as much as I've enjoyed bringing it to you!