Classic Banana Cookies Recipes

THE BEST BANANA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, prepare two cookie sheets with cooking spray, parchment paper or a silicone mat.
• In your mixer, or with a hand mixer, cream together the shortening (or butter and oil), the sugar and eggs.
• Add in the mashed bananas, buttermilk and vanilla. Mix well.
• Add the flour, baking soda and salt. Mix until well combined.
• Using a cookie scoop or a spoon, put about 2 tbsp of batter down, making sure to place the batter scoops 2 inches apart on a large cookie sheet. You should be able to fit 12 cookies on one cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10-11 minutes
• Frost while warm if you want them to be glazed or wait until they have cooled if you want them to look like the cookies in my pictures.
• TO MAKE THE FROSTING:
• Using your hand mixer, cream together the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, salt and 2 tbsp of evaporated milk or heavy cream. Mix until fluffy adding up to two more tablespoons of the evaporated milk or cream if needed.
• Spread a thin layer of frosting on each cookie and ENJOY!

BANANA COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5 and line two baking sheets with baking parchment.
• Heat the butter in a small pan on the hob, or in a heatproof bowl in a microwave on high in 30-second bursts, until melted. Tip the butter into a mixing bowl if melted on the hob.
• Stir the sugar into the melted butter with a wooden spoon, then beat in the egg until smooth. Stir in the mashed banana. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and a pinch of salt into the bowl and mix until it forms a soft dough. Add the raisins, chocolate chips or nuts, if using, and stir well until evenly distributed.
• Use a teaspoon to drop small scoops of the mixture onto the prepared trays, spacing them well apart as they'll spread. It should make about 24 cookies. Bake for 10-12 mins until they are light brown on the edges and feel dry to the touch.
• Leave on the tray for a couple of minutes to set, then lift onto a cooling rack to cool completely. Will keep in an airtight container for up to three days.

GRANDMA'S BANANA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Stir mashed banana, sour cream, and vanilla together in another bowl.
• Cream margarine and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Beat in eggs. Mix in banana-sour cream mixture until incorporated. Add dry ingredients until well combined. Stir in nuts.
• Drop small spoonfuls of batter onto the prepared cookie sheet; cookies do not expand much in the oven.
• Bake in the preheated oven, checking occasionally, until bottoms are light golden brown and cookies are set but still a tad soft, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove cookies to a rack to cool.
• While the cookies are cooling, prepare frosting: Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir in brown sugar and reduce heat to low. Stir and bring to a boil. Boil, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Stir in 1/4 cup milk and bring to a boil again. Remove from heat and let cool, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Gradually stir in powdered sugar until frosting is desired consistency. If frosting hardens while working, stir in a little bit of milk.
• Spread frosting on cooled cookies.

BANANA OATMEAL COOKIES III

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cut in shortening until almost no lumps remain. Stir in the egg and bananas; mix well. Finally, stir in the oats and walnuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are browned. Remove from pans immediately to cool on wire racks.