Soft, plump, and tender, these Banana Walnut Cookies with white chocolate chips taste like a slice of fresh banana bread, only better!
If you're a banana lover than these cookies are a must for you to add to your baking list!
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The ingredient list:
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- butter
- granulated sugar
- brown sugar
- egg
- pure vanilla extract
- overripe bananas
- all-purpose flour
- whole wheat flour (optional)
- baking soda
- quick cooking oats
- white chocolate chips
- chopped walnuts
Swap outs and add-in suggestions:
Not a fan of white chocolate? No problem. Swap out semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips. Or you can leave the chocolate out altogether.
Like raisins? Add them for additional chew and moisture. You can also do the same with dried cranberries.
Swap chopped pecans, peanuts, macadamia, or hazelnuts for the walnuts or add a combination! This is your cookie recipe now, make them your way!
How this recipe came to be (from 2015):
I must confess. I'm a horrible friend! The reason being, about a year and a half ago my friend B asked if I would make her some banana walnut ice cream, and I never did. *Hangs head in shame*
Since I never made B her banana walnut ice cream, I recently made her these White Chocolate Banana Walnut Cookies after she'd broken her ankle, to make up for it.
Someday I hope to make her the banana walnut ice cream because I obviously haven't forgotten about it...I'm just not sure when it will be.
Good things come to those who wait:
BTW, I finally did make B the Banana Walnut Ice Cream (pictured below) I'd promised her, and she was "over the moon" excited!
The starting point for these cookies:
The recipe I'm sharing today I adapted slightly from Martha Stewart's website. Where Martha's recipe called for semi-sweet chocolate, I opted for white chocolate.
I also wanted to add a touch of fall flavor, so I added a teaspoon of ground cinnamon to the batter, and because I felt the cookie batter was a little too thin, and I was worried they'd spread too much during baking, I increased the amount of all-purpose flour.
I'm so glad that I did increase the flour amount because these cookies turned out just as I had hoped they would, soft, plump, and chewy!
How to toast nuts and why do it?
Toasting any kind of nut will bring out a deeper, nuttier flavor with more crunch.
Add nuts (chopped or whole) to a dry skillet and cook them over a medium/low heat, stirring frequently. *Note - Toasting nuts happens quickly so don't walk away from the stovetop when toasting. In a mere 2-3 minutes (once you start to smell their nutty aroma), they're done and should be removed from the stovetop immediately.
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Printable Recipe Card
Banana Walnut Cookies with White Chocolate
Equipment
- small skillet for toasting nuts
- nut chopper optional
- pastry blender optional, for mashing the bananas
- kitchen scale optional
- hand mixer optional
- stand mixer optional
Ingredients
- ¾ (12 tablespoons) butter, softened (I use salted)
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 overripe bananas mashed
- 1¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup whole-wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- ¾ cup white chocolate chips
- 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts toasted
Instructions
- -Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius)
- -In a large bowl with a hand mixer or the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter, sugars, vanilla, and bananas. Add the egg and mix well.
- -In a dry skillet, toast the walnuts, stirring occasionally over medium heat until you begin to smell them. Remove from the heat and allow them to cool.
- -Whisk together the flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and oats in a large bowl. Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture, beating on low until thoroughly blended. Add the white chocolate chips and toasted walnuts to the batter and mix well, scraping down the sides occasionally.
- -Drop the batter in tablespoon-size portions onto parchment-lined baking sheets, 12 per sheet. Bake two sheets in a preheated oven for 7-10 minutes, rotate the sheets, and continue baking for an additional 7-10 minutes. Remove baked cookies to a cooling rack and continue the same steps with the remaining batter.
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Billie D. says
I did not have high hopes. That seemed like a long bake time. I stuck to 7 and 7 and they were PERFECT! I substituted the whole wheat for white whole wheat and used 8 T unsalted butter and 4 T of salted and used 1 t of regular salt. Very good!
Renée says
I'm so glad you were happily surprised by the recipe, and your success.
Thank you for letting me know.
Please come back and visit me again.
Fondly,
Renee