Description
These cookies have all the flavors I love from the ice cream pint, but the flavors are bundled up into a soft chewy cookie. The banana flavor cookie base is perfectly complimented by crunchy walnuts and perfect chocolate chunks. My Chunky Monkey Cookies are just begging to be dunked in a cold glass of your favorite milk/milk alternative. Insert heart eyes emoji here! I have never had a more comforting cookie.
Ingredients
- 2-¼ cups All-purpose Flour
- 1-½ teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 sticks Unsalted Butter
- ½ cups Granulated Sugar
- 1 cup Light Brown Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1-½ Bananas, Mashed
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1-½ cup Semi-sweet Chocolate Chunks
- 1 cup Chopped Walnuts
Preparation
Preheat oven to 375ºF.
Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and whisk together gently.
In a separate bowl, cream butter and both sugars. I use a stand mixer for this step—you can also use a hand mixer! Beat butter and sugar together until nice and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add egg, mashed banana, and vanilla to the butter and sugar mixture and mix until well combined. The mixture might look a little soupy—that is fine, the flour will bring it together into a thicker cookie dough.
Add flour mixture 1 cup at a time. Mix until just combined; do not over-mix or you will end up with tough cookies!
Once all the flour is mixed in, add chocolate chunks and chopped walnuts. Again, mix until just combined.
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or lightly grease with butter. Scoop cookie dough onto the baking sheet using a tablespoon.
Bake for 9 to 12 minutes. The cookies should be golden brown but still soft in the center when done. If they are not done after 12 minutes, continue to bake for an additional 2 minutes and check again.
Let cool on a wire rack and enjoy when cool!
