Chocolate Chip Banana Cookies

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Ingredients

Makes 44 cookies

2 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 Tablespoon potato starch (or cornstarch)

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup salted butter, at room temperature

2 ripe bananas, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces

3/4 cup raw cane turbinado sugar or brown sugar

1/4 cup honey

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

1 cup dark chocolate chips, choose at least 70% cacao to get the nutritional benefits from the chocolate

Directions

1. Measure the flour into a small mixing bowl. Add the baking soda, potato starch and salt and stir to combine.

2. Using a stand up electric mixer, beat the butter for 2 minutes.

3. Add the banana pieces, and beat in.

4. Add the brown sugar and honey and mix on medium high for 2 minutes.

5. Add the vanilla and beat in.

6. Shut the mixer off and add the flour into the mixing bowl, stir it in with a spatula then turn the mixer back on and beat on low then medium to combine. By adding the flour mixture this way, there will not be flour powder 'flying' all over the place.

7. Add the chocolate chips and mix on low speed just long enough to combine.

8. Transfer the batter to a smaller bowl, cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

9. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

10. This recipe makes 44 cookies so you can either line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or do the cookies in two batches which is what we did.

11. Use a cookie scoop or a tablespoon to scoop the cookie dough onto the baking sheet.

12. If you want them rounded leave as is, but we wanted our cookies flat so for flattened cookies, you will need to press down on each cookie and flatten it with your fingertips before baking.

13. Place onto the center rack and bake for 9-10 minutes. We baked for 10 minutes, but tested the first batch at 9 minutes. Our oven bakes low and slow. If your oven bakes fast and hot, you may want to check at 8 minutes.

14. Remove and place the baking sheet on a heat proof surface and let the cookies cool down completely before you transfer to the cooling rack. These cookies are pretty soft when hot because of the banana in them.

15. Once cooled, you can place the cookies in a container with a lid or ziploc bags. Keep refrigerated.

ENJOY!

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