When life gives you ripe bananas + fresh walnuts... Make Banana Cowboy Cookies! These gems have a blend of all the great things in banana bread plus oats, mini-chocolate + butterscotch chips and coconut! The recipe makes a ton, so I've got plenty to share...anyone?
banana cowboy cookies
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 stick butter, softened
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 large egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup mashed ripe banana (about 1 large or 3 small)
1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
4 oz semisweet chocolate chips
4 oz butterscotch chips
1/2 cup coarsely chopped, toasted walnuts
1/2 cup shredded coconut
method
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Sift together flours, salt, and baking soda in a small bowl; set aside.
- Cream butter, sugars and vanilla together until pale fluffy.
- Add egg and banana; mix until combined.
- Add flour mixture; mix until just combined.
- Fold in oats, chocolate, butterscotch, coconut and walnuts.
- Using a 1 1/2-inch ice cream scoop, drop dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper, spacing about 2 inches apart. Bake cookies until golden brown and just set, 12 to 13 minutes.
- Cool on sheets on wire racks 5 minutes.
- Transfer cookies to wire racks; let cool completely.
