Soft & Chewy Peanut Butter Banana Cookies
These peanut butter banana cookies are soft, chewy, and packed with flavor. The perfect comfort treat, ready in under 30 minutes!
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl (for cookie dough)
- Medium mixing bowl (for dry ingredients)
- Electric mixer or whisk (for creaming butter)
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper or silicone baking mat
- Cookie scoop or tablespoon (for portioning dough)
- Spatula (for mixing)
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Oven
- Wire cooling rack
- Fork or hand (for flattening cookies)
- Small bowl (for sugar rolling)
Ingredients
- 1 ripe banana mashed
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup granulated sugar plus extra for rolling
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, cream together 🧈 softened butter, 🥜 peanut butter, 🍬 granulated sugar, and 🍯 brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Mix in 🍌 mashed banana, 🥚 egg, and 🌿 vanilla extract until fully combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together 🌾 flour, 🧂 baking soda, and 🧂 salt. Gradually mix into wet ingredients.
- Roll dough into balls, coat with sugar, place on baking sheet, and flatten slightly with your hand. Bake 10–12 minutes until golden. Cool on a wire rack.
