Banana Cookies

I can provide you with a recipe for delicious banana cookies with an Italian twist:

Ingredients

• 2 ripe bananas
• 200 g of all-purpose flour
• 100 g of brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 80 g of butter at room temperature
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• A pinch of salt
• (Optional) 100 g of dark chocolate chips or chopped nuts

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
2. Mash the bananas with a fork until you get a puree.
3. In a bowl, mix the soft butter with brown sugar until it becomes a smooth cream.
4. Add the egg and vanilla extract to the butter and sugar cream and blend well.
5. Combine the mashed bananas with the mixture and stir until fully incorporated.
6. In another bowl, sift the flour with the baking soda and a pinch of salt.
7. Add the dry ingredients to the banana mixture and mix until the dough is homogeneous.
8. If you wish, incorporate the chocolate chips or chopped nuts.
9. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spoon the dough onto the sheet, leaving some space between each cookie.
10. Bake in the oven for about 15-20 minutes, or until the cookies are golden at the edges.
11. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool on a wire rack.

Curiosity

Banana cookies are an excellent alternative to use up those overripe bananas that we often don’t know how to employ. Moreover, they can be a soft and tasty snack or an energizing breakfast, especially if enriched with chocolate chips or nuts. In Italy, it might be less common to find banana cookies in traditional pastry shops, but they reflect the country’s growing interest in the fusion of international flavors with local pastry.

Be sure to add any other ingredient you like to further customize your cookies, such as cinnamon, desiccated coconut, or even a pinch of espresso powder for an energizing kick! Enjoy your meal!