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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Joyce Miller
says:The Banana Drop cookies were easy, light and delicious!
Tracy
says:Grew up eating banana cookies. Somw minor differences. When I had over ripe bananas, I’d make & take extras to work. They were always new to someone. Raves & recipe sharing. Thank you for variation!
Amanda
says:Sadly, my first batch burnt at 400 degrees. Had to reduce the temperature to 375 and they came out excellent.
Mandi
says:I made with King Arthur’s Gluten Free Flour.
They csmr out great. My kids love them. Thank you for the recipe.
Rita
says:I have a question regarding the amount of sugar in grams in the recipe. The recipe calls for 1 1/4 cups of sugar or 250 grams, yet the sugar for the topping calls for 1/4 cup sugar or 200 grams. I checked with King Authur conversions, and they list 1 cup of sugar is 198 grams (close enough), which would make 1/4 cup only 50 grams, not the 200 grams listed in the recipe. I made these today for the first time and baked the 2 test cookies without the cinnamon. They are delicious!
Lovefoodies
says:Oh gosh! Hi Rita, thanks so
much for catching the typo. You are very correct, it should read 50g for the topping which I have now corrected.
So glad you enjoyed your test cookies, they’re always a popular choice so hopefully you’ll go on and make a batch or half a batch!
Thanks once again for writing in and your feedback too. Much appreciated!
Blondie
says:Loved them taste just like banana bread.. next time I’m just going to add little more cinnamon..Delicious 😍👍
Debs Ayling
says:These banana cookies look delicious! I am in the UK, please can you tell me the conversion from your cup measurements to ounces or grams? Many thanks, i look forward to trying these :) Debs
Lovefoodies
says:Hi Debs, I’ve just manually converted the quantities and added them to the recipe for you! Happy baking!
Isabel
says:I just made the banana drop cookies and added chopped pecans and they were delicious and my family loved them thanks
Karen
says:I made these exactly as written and they are delicious. They are light, not too sweet and very addictive! It is definitely going to be one of my favorites.
Amber
says:I made these just as the recipe stated and I think I got the best of both worlds in that they were soft and cake like in the middle but crisp around the edges. These are amazing!
Robyn
says:Banana drop cookies are DELICIOUS! Wanted a treat for my 2 yr old grandson and these are perfect. (Tho I’ve eaten too many already )
Elizabeth
says:Love these cookies! A great way to use ripe bananas! I make a pastry cream and sandwich them together, absolutely delicious! I also sprinkle the cookies before baking with sugar in the raw for an extra crunch. Thanks for sharing!
Debi Marshall
says:I used these for strawberry “shortcake”, because I had some bananas and strawberries to use up. They worked perfectly!
Alice
says:Hi. Can I know what’s the measurement of a cup in gram?
Lovefoodies
says:Hi Alice, it all depends on what the ingredient is for an accurate measure. We use this conversion site which goes by volume. So if you select the ingredient, it is more accurate. https://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_volume_cooking.htm