Banana Drop Cookies. These are light fluffy cookies and great for using up those overripe bananas! Easy recipe too! Everybody loves a cookie or two! This recipe is very easy and uses regular ingredients. It's also a great way to use up left overripe bananas.
These Banana Drop Cookies are quite light and fluffy, soft to the bite, so don't expect crunchy!
They are absolutely delicious with a glass of milk or a cup of tea too.
The recipe was shared by one of our Lovefoodies supporters, Jana, who says she first saw the recipe on the back of a C&H Packet, and has been making these cookies ever since.
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It's certainly a keeper recipe and Jana loves baking these with her son (who could quite easily eat them all if you let him!) .
Lovefoodies also tested the recipe out, and the photos show you what the cookies look like once baked.
It's a shame you can't smell or taste via a computer, so that means you simply have to bake them yourself!
So please enjoy our delicious Banana Drop Cookies.
Check out our white chocolate cranberry variation on this banana drop recipe! So good!
Recipe By C&H and Photos By Lovefoodies
Prep time
30 minutes
Baking time
8 minutes
Serving size
Approx 50
Ingredients
1¼ cups or 250g sugar
⅔ cup or 170g butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup, approx 1 medium sized banana; mashed well
2 Eggs, beaten
2¼ cups or 280g all purpose, plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
For topping (optional)
¼ Cup or 50g sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon combined.
Instructions
1) In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and ½ teaspoon of cinnamon.
2) Cream sugar, butter, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
3) Add eggs and beat well. Stir in banana.
4) Slowly mix dry ingredients into wet. Chill 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
5) Preheat oven to 400 F, 200C.
6) Drop teaspoon sized balls of dough two inches apart on greased cookie sheets. Sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar mixture; if desired.
7) Bake 8-10 minutes or until browned. Cool 2 minutes, then transfer to racks.
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Banana Drop Cookies. These are a light fluffy cookie and great for using up those overripe bananas! Easy recipe too!
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups or 250g sugar
- ⅔ cup or 170g butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup, approx 1 medium sized banana; mashed well
- 2 Eggs, beaten
- 2¼ cups or 280g all purpose, plain flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
For topping (optional)
- ¼ Cup or 50g sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and ½ teaspoon of cinnamon.
- Cream sugar, butter, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs and beat well. Stir in banana.
- Slowly mix dry ingredients into wet. Chill 30 minutes in refrigerator.
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Drop teaspoon sized balls of dough two inches apart on greased cookie sheets. Sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar mixture; if desired.
- Bake 8-10 minutes or until browned. Cool 2 minutes, then transfer to racks.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 50 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 73Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 72mgCarbohydrates: 11gFiber: 0gSugar: 6gProtein: 1g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate
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Kathryn Patterson
says:My cookies didn’t look anything like yours! Drop cookies eh? Maybe I should have dropped them from a higher distance. They didn’t spread out at all. I baked half of them on a cookie sheet sprayed with Pam, and baked the others on parchment paper. I put them in at the same time, and at 5 minutes the cinnamon sugar mixture that ended up on the sheet was burning, as was the bottom of the cookies. I am trying to figure out what to do with the parchment cooked ones to make them suitable for serving.
Jeanette
says:Hi
Wanna try can I sub sugar for Splenda if so how much..?
kristyn
says:high altitude tips…?? TIA!
Jessica Magid
says:My daughter is on a very strict diet that we can not use sugar, but I used honey as a substitute. Sweetened with a two large spoonful of honey (prob approx 2 TBSP) as a substitution and the cookies were still yummy and kid friendly!
Ang
says:Can you use gluten free flour for this recipe?
Jessica Magid
says:Yep, we are using GF rice flour and I also made a batch with a blend of GF rice flour, with a small amount of GF almond flour. (Proportion about 2/3 white flour to 1/3 almond flour).
Myra B.
says:Doeas anyone know if they come out more like a chewy cookie or hard?
Lovefoodies
says:Hi Myra, these are soft cookies :)
Erin
says:Hello, has anyone refrigerated overnight, Rather than 30 minutes?
Nicole
says:Does it bake better when you let them sit for at least a day?
Kelsey
says:Tastes more like a muffin than a cookie, but a good muffin.
Kathryn
says:That was my thought too.
April Lewis
says:Hello from London Ontario Canada
Thank you so much for the recipe. These cookies are GREAT!!! But to make them even better i added some CHOCOLATE CHIPS!!!!
Now there to die for!!!MMMM!
Again Thank you so very much.
Keep posting those yummy recipes!!!
April Lewis.
Lovefoodies
says:Way to go April!! Loving your creativity!
Iraq Babel.
says:I do it with out parking soda, it’s was more taste, and more thick not crispy, all like it very,
Linda Hilton
says:Loved, loved, loved these super soft Banana Cookies. We had to add a little extra flour probably because we had a little extra mashed bananas. I also added a little extra cinnamon which just made the all the better.
Joanne
says:It looked more like a batter, rather than a dough..
Is this the proper consistensy?
Laurie
says:I’m one that can’t follow recipe. I’m always outside the box to create.
These cookies are great with my added flare. It stared when my son made a banana sandwich with Nutella. I started with this recipe and the changed the following: So I used 1/2 cup of brown sugar and 3/4 sugar vs all white sugar, this adds more chew to cookie. Then I mixed in two rounded tablespoons of Nutella. I did not add cinnonmon suger on top. I did add 3/4 teaspoon of cinnamon in mix.
Lovefoodies
says:Hi Laurie, the nutella addition sounds absolutely delicious! Thanks for writing in and sharing your twist on the recipe
Rene
says:My mom use to make something like this but there were with pineapple. Can I use pineapple, if so what portion should I use? Thanks in advance
Lovefoodies
says:Hi Rene, your pineapple ones sound absolutely delicious! I’m afraid I wouldn’t know where to begin with advising you on quantities because I’ve never made them using pineapple. I guess if you wanted to ‘experiment’, you could try the same weight as the banana in the recipe, but make sure you drain the pineapple well as there might be too much liquid, and I would use crushed or pureed pineapple. If you do make them, please do pop back and let me know. I’m very curious and it really does sound delicious!
Susan
says:How about dried pineapple
Medha
says:Hi! Can you suggest a substitute for the egg? My son is allergic to them.