Soft Banana Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting are easy to make, delicious and a sweet treat everyone will love. (And the perfect way to use those ripe bananas)!
2mediumripe bananas, smashed (should be about 1 cup)(the darker the banana the better)
3/4cupbutter, softened or at room temperature
1/4cupwhite sugar
1/2cupbrown sugar
1egg
1tspvanilla extract
1/2tspbaking soda
1/2tspsalt
2cupsflour
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
8oz.cream cheese, softened (1 brick)
1/2cupbutter, softened (1 stick)
1tspvanilla extract
2 to 3cupspowdered sugar
Instructions
BANANA COOKIES
Preheat your oven to 350°. Line 2 baking sheets (or use the same one) with parchment paper or grease your baking sheet. I use half sheet pans (they measure about 18x13 inches) for baking these cookies... sometimes called a jelly roll pan.
Smash your bananas and set aside. You should have about 1 cup of smashed banana. Set aside.
In a mixer, add your butter and both sugars. Mix on low until blended.
Add in the egg and vanilla and mix again on low.
Add the baking soda, salt and flour. Mix well.
Add the smashed banana and mix well. The dough will be sticky, that is what you want.
Using a tablespoon or small tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop rounded scoops of cookie dough (should be roughly a 2 tablespoon scoop of dough) and place cookie dough on lined/greased baking sheet. Make sure the cookie dough scoops are spaced evenly apart. (12 per baking sheet is the amount I place on each pan).
Bake for 8-10 minutes. The cookies stay light colored and will not brown on the tops. If they brown on top, they are probably overcooked. Check the bottoms of the cookie at the 8 minute mark. The bottom should barely be starting to get golden brown, and the sides should be set and not push in too much when touched. Remove from the oven and let them cool before frosting.
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Place all ingredients in your mixer and mix well. You can add more or less powdered sugar depending on how thick you want it. Make sure your butter and cream cheese are completely softened or your frosting will be lumpy (still delicious but lumpy).This recipe will leave you with some leftover frosting. You can easily half the recipe but in my opinion it is just not quite enough (but I like a lot of frosting!)
Notes
I use my Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe and it is delicious! It is the same recipe as above, but here is a link if you want to pin it for later!
Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should only be used as an approximation.