Brown Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

These Brown butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies are perfectly moist and chewy. The addition of brown butter gives them a rich nutty flavor while the banana adds a natural sweetness and moisture, giving this cookie that chewy texture and those chocolate chips, need I say more.

Why You Will Love This Cookie:

• Texture: These cookies are moist and tender and have the perfect bite. They have slightly crispy edges with a soft and gooey centers.
• Flavor: Imagine the perfect chocolate chip cookie meets a moist and tender banana bread. The addition of brown butter adds a rich nuttiness while the banana adds a natural sweetness. When those flavors come together, they create the perfect bite.
• Ease: This recipe uses simple ingredients and with minimal equipment you can have them put together and baked in no time.

Ingredients:

With some simple ingredients that you probably already have in your fridge and pantry you can have these cookies ready in no time

• Unsalted Butter Browned: Browning butter is a simple thing that you can do that will add a ton a flavor to your recipes. Just place butter in a small saucepan over medium low heat and cook until golden in color and brown bits form on the bottom of the pan. Remove from heat and let cool slightly or let cool until solidified. Add to recipes making sure to use all those brown bits, they add a ton of flavor.
• Flour: A good all purpose flour is perfect for this and many recipes.
• Cinnamon: This will add a bit of warmth to this cookie.
• Baking Soda: This will give the cookie a bit of rise but also aid in giving the cookie that chewy texture.
• Salt: A pinch of salt will enhance the flavor in this recipes.
• Dark Brown Sugar: I prefer to use dark brown sugar rather than light brown sugar for its deep rich caramel flavor, but light brown sugar can be substituted.
• Granulated Sugar: For added sweetness and texture.
• Banana: For this recipe you want to use a very ripe banana, you know the kind that has all the brown spots that no one wants. This is when they are at there sweetest and perfect for recipes like Banana Breads, Banana Pancakes or this one.
• Egg Yolk: Gives this cookie a moist smooth texture.
• Vanilla Extract: I prefer pure vanilla extract to imatation vanilla extract due to its intense flavor but either one will work fine.
• Espresso Powder: I add espresso powder to any recipe containing chocolate. It will enhance the chocolate flavor.
• Chocolate Chips: I used bittersweet chocolate chips but semisweet will work as well.