Banana, Milk Chocolate-Hazelnut Granola Cookies

Mmm cookies. I can never seem to get enough cookies. I think they sound good all of the time. I love how easy they are to whip up, and how creative you can be with them.

Even though our oven is broken, last night I made up some peanut butter cookie dough balls and froze them in a plastic bag. Now, when our oven gets fixed (Friday?), and I get a serious cookie craving, I have dough ready to bake. I tried microwaving a dough ball, and it didn't turn out well. Only microwave cookie dough if you're desperate. (Which I was.)

Or, I could eat the dough balls as they are. I love cookie dough. Anyone else? I love it so much, I don't care about salmonella.



Of course the dough to these Banana, Milk Chocolate-Hazelnut Cookies was delicious.

I really liked these cookies. The dough is made from browned butter, ripe banana, toasted hazelnuts, granola, flour, sugar, egg and chopped milk chocolate.



The granola gave these cookies a great texture... slightly crisp, yet still soft from the banana. I liked the banana-milk chocolate-hazelnut flavors; I thought they all went together well. I used some milk chocolate with hazelnuts in it, and oh boy... so good. Did it come from Aldi? Of course it came from Aldi.

One last thing: I want to wish my sister, Hannah, a very happy 20th birthday! She's so sweet, smart, creative and funny. You would all love her if you knew her. I want her to write a guest post on here, but she's taking her time getting back to me on that.




Happy birthday, Hannah! I love you! I hope you have a great day.




Banana, Milk Chocolate-Hazelnut Granola Cookies
Printable Recipe

1/4 cup unsalted butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large ripe banana, mashed
1/2 cup finely ground toasted hazelnuts
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 cups granola
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
3 ounces coarsely chopped milk chocolate

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat cookie sheets with cooking spray.

Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; cook 1-2 minutes, whisking frequently, until butter foams and turns light golden brown. Whisk in sugar and banana until combined; cook an additional 1 minute.

Add banana-butter mixture into a large mixing mixing bowl. Add hazelnut, egg vanilla, baking soda and salt. Mix together for 1 minute, using a mixer on medium speed, until well combined. Beat in flour and granola until combined. Stir in chocolate until combined.

Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto cookie sheets. Bake 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 2 minutes before transferring cookies to wire racks to cool.

Makes about 20 cookies