Chocolate Banana Cookies
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Recipe type: Cookie
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Serves: 24-36
 
These moist chocolate banana cookies have the texture of a cake in cookie form, and are so soft they almost melt in your mouth.
Ingredients
  • 2¼ cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ⅔ cup shortening
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 6 ounces of chocolate chips, melted
  • 1 cup mashed banana (roughly 2 ripe bananas)
Instructions
  1. Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds.
  2. Cream the sugar and the shortening.
  3. Mix in the rest of the ingredients, including the melted chocolate.
  4. Drop the cookie dough by tablespoonful on a greased baking sheet.
  5. Bake for 10-12 minutes at 325 degrees.
  6. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5-10 minutes.
  7. Transfer them to a cookie rack and let them cool completely.
  8. As they cool, they will deflate but will remain very soft and moist.
Recipe by Itsy Bitsy Foodies at http://itsybitsyfoodies.com/chocolate-banana-cookies/