(Recipe) Soft & Chewy Double Chocolate Banana Cookies

 

Introduction

soft and chewy double chocolate banana cookies

Soft and chewy without being the least bit cakey! These healthier double chocolate banana cookies are vegan and refined sugar free, but so fudgy and flavourful that you’d never be able to tell they were healthy!

I should probably just change my blog name to Running with Bananas and Chocolate at this point, seeing as pretty much every single recipe I’ve posted this month has been made with either bananas or chocolate. Or both.

What can I say? I’ve been on a huge chocolate/banana bender for the past little while, and I like to post recipes made with the foods that I’ve been loving, otherwise it’s a little hard for me to get excited about them. I mean, how can I try to get you guys excited about something when I’m just kind of “meh” about it myself myself? I can’t… hence all the bananas and chocolate.

Don’t be mad. Have a cookie…

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup (90 g) whole wheat flour**
  • 2 Tbsp (10 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 medium ripe banana, mashed (50g or 1/4 cup)
  • 1/4 cup (80 g) brown rice syrup***
  • 2 Tbsp (30 ml) coconut oil, melted
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup (60 g) vegan chocolate chips
  • other half of the banana, cut into small chunks

 

 

I’d give you a glass of [almond] milk to go along with that, but I dropped my favourite milk jug (aka photo prop) on the floor the other day and it shattered into a million pieces. Sorry about that.

But let’s talk about these cookies! These wonderfully soft and chewy double chocolate banana cookies that I’m pretty sure aged me at least 6 months thanks to all the frustration I experienced while making them.

Let’s talk about how they’re called double chocolate banana cookies not only because they’re made with a double dose of chocolate (cocoa + chocolate chips), but a double dose of banana too. I started out by just adding an entire mashed banana to the batter, but that was a disaster decided to make things a little more interesting by only mashing half and slicing in the other half.

Brilliant idea. Those perfectly caramelized banana chunks are kind of to.die.for… especially when they’re paired with melty chocolate chips.

Read my full story about this recipe here @ Running with Spoons

Directions

  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt, mixing well to ensure that no clumps of flour or cocoa remain. Set aside.
  2. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together the mashed banana, brown rice syrup, coconut oil, and vanilla.
  3. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chips and banana chunks, giving everything a final stir before covering the bowl and placing it in the fridge to chill for at least 30 minutes.
  4. Preheat your oven to 325ºF (163ºC) and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a non-stick baking mat. Using a rounded tablespoon, drop the dough onto your prepared baking sheet, and use your fingers to flatten them slightly. The cookies won’t spread too much, so make them roughly the shape you want them to be before baking.
  5. Bake for 10-14 minutes, depending on the final texture that you want. Less baking time will result in a slightly softer and fudgier cookie.
  6. Remove your cookies from the oven and let them cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool completely. You can press additional chocolate chips into the tops to make them a little more presentable. Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.

Notes

* prep time includes chill time. ** you can make these cookies gluten-free by replacing the whole wheat flour with an all-purpose GF baking flour. If your mix doesn’t have xanthan gum, add 1/4 tsp to the dry ingredients as well. *** you can easily sub this for honey if not strictly vegan.

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