Let’s be real for a minute- when you have old brown bananas, the first thing we all think to do with them is make banana bread, right?
The other day I had the genius idea to do an interweb search of other things to do with old nans, because I just wasn’t vibing with the banana bread boat and I ran across a couple recipes for banana cookies, and well, here we are!
These banana snicker doodles are SUPER easy, eggless and my new favorite thing to make with brown bananas. Chances are you already have all the ingredients, so let’s get to it!
Banana Snickerdoodles
Not your regular snicker doodles, but doods with a little flair! These are eggless, super easy and a crowd pleaser!
Ingredients
- 1/2 c mashed ripe bananas (about 1.5 bananas)
- 3 c all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 sticks unsalted, room temperature butter (equal to 1 cup)
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 c white granulated sugar
- 1/4 c light brown sugar
Snickerdoodle Coating
- 1/4 c white sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease or line 3 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl, use a mixer to cream together butter and sugars until smooth.
- Add in mashed banana and vanilla.
- In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients in two batches, incorporating fully.
- Using a cookie scoop, roll dough into balls. (about a heaping spoon full).Once dough balls are formed, roll in the cinnamon/sugar coating and place on the baking sheet a few inches apart. These will not spread apart on the baking sheet like normal cookies, so you can do 3 rows by 5 rows.Once dough is placed on the cookie sheets, place the whole sheet in the freezer and freeze for 12 minutes. After freezing , bake at 350 for 10 minutes.Take cookies from oven and lightly "smash" each cookie with the bottom of a glass (or something flat). Let cool and serve!
Notes
You do not HAVE to smash the cookies with the galss at the end, but I like them a little flattened so they are more like a traditional snicker doodle. If you skip this step the cookies will be a little fluffier.
This recipe will yield about 36 cookies if you use a cookie scoop.
Let me know if you decide to make these, I would love to hear what you think!
