Banana Cream Cookies are a classic banana cookie recipe with a twist! They have a great soft, chewy texture that comes from banana pudding mix plus a whole banana. Banana cream pie lovers- you’ve got to try these banana cookies!
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Banana Cream Cookies are soft, sweet with a lovely banana flavor. This great flavor comes from a ripe banana as well as a box of instant banana pudding mix. These banana cookies are super simple to make and everyone loves the end result. I used white chocolate chips but I’ve heard that semi sweet chocolate chips or even butterscotch chips taste amazing! So get creative and enjoy our banana cookies recipe! Banana Cream Cookies really do have the best flavor! My husband loves banana cream pies. Since I don’t always have the time to whip up a pie (but I always have time for cookies ha ha) when I heard about this recipe I was excited to try something new. Especially if it would be an easy way to satisfy his craving and my love of cookies – which it totally did! Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
Tips to get the PERFECT Banana Cookies:
Three kitchen items make these cookies come together really fast. I actually use these items in nearly every cookie recipe I make, so they’re quite versatile. First, I line my cookie sheets with a piece of parchment paper. They’re sold in sizes that fit a 12×16 cookie sheet perfectly and enable to cookies to bake well without sticking- and no mess from spraying oil on the cookie sheets!
The second item is a KitchenAid mixer. I love mine! I have a Bosch as well but I find I use my KitchenAid for cookies. There is a cookie paddle that comes with every mixer that you attach to the top of the mixer. They’re easy to use and help you mix the ingredients uniformly. I also use the metal whisk attachment in this recipe to make the frosting. It whips it up super fast! Add this to your wish list because it’s one of my all-time used small appliances ever!
The third item is a cookie scoop! Years and years ago I used to use 2 spoons to measure and scrape cookie dough onto the pans. It wasn’t a perfect process and I often ended up with oblong cookies in various sizes. A friend of mine brought cookies to a party and I noticed each and every one of her cookies looked PERFECT. Her secret? A cookie scoop! They come in three sizes- 1/2 tablespoon, 1.5 tablespoon and 3 tablespoon scoops. I used the middle size- 1.5 tablespoon for these, and most other cookies. (Although when I’m serving a large crowd, I use the small cookie scoop. People love having a smaller cookie, especially at an event with several other desserts. For this Banana Cookie recipe, I used the middle scoop.
Banana Cream Cookie recipe ingredients
Here’s what you need to make our Banana Cream Cookies:
–1/2 cup butter, softened: I use salted butter, but you’re welcome to use what you have on hand.
–1 cup granulated sugar: adds the perfect amount of sweetness while keeping the cookies light in color
–1 banana, smashed: use a really ripe banana for better banana flavor
–3.4 oz package banana cream instant pudding mix: I find the best variety of pudding mixes at my local Walmart. They’ll be on the baking aisle. If you can’t find banana pudding, you can use vanilla pudding mix and 1 tsp banana flavoring, which can be found in craft stores or in the cake baking section of grocery/ specialty stores.
–2 large eggs: room temp eggs work better. Feel free to cheat & submerge whole eggs (with the shells on) in hot water for a few minutes to warm them up.
–2 1/2 cups flour: I generally use all purpose flour, but you can use bread flour or pastry flour too.
–1/2 teaspoon baking soda: helps the cookies puff up a bit
–1/2 teaspoon salt
–2 cups white chocolate chips: adds texture & sweetness! If you prefer, you can use semi-sweet chocolate chips instead. It will change the cookies, but it’s delicious!
How to make Banana Cookies:
Preheat your oven to 350 degree F and prepare baking sheets by lining with parchment paper.
Combine flour, baking soda and salt, then set aside.
Combine butter and sugar and mix with an electric mixer. Mash ripe banana with a fork. Add banana, dry pudding mix and the eggs, then mix together until smooth.
Pour dry ingredients into the mixing bowl with banana mixture and mix slowly until incorporated. Add the white chocolate chips and mix to combine. Dough will be thick & sticky. Spray a cookie scoop with non-stick cooking spray.
Scoop rounded tablespoonfuls of cookie dough onto parchment lined baking pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes or until slightly golden.
Let Banana Cookies cool for several minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.
BANANA CREAM COOKIES
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 banana smashed
- 3.4 oz package banana cream instant pudding mix
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degree F and prepare baking sheets by lining with parchment paper.
- Combine flour, baking soda and salt, then set aside.
- Combine butter and sugar and mix with an electric mixer. Add banana, dry pudding mix and the eggs, then mix together until smooth.
- Pour dry ingredients into the mixing bowl with banana mixture and mix slowly until incorporated. Add the white chocolate chips and mix to combine.
- Scoop rounded tablespoonfuls of cookie dough onto parchment lined baking pan.Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes or until slightly golden. Let Banana Cream Cookies cool for several minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.
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Banana Cream Cookies recipe made from butter sugar as well as banana pudding mix & a banana. Banana cream pie lovers- you’ve got to try these cookies!
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Jami says
How many cookies does this recipe make? Do you use a ripe banana?
Jessica says
Yes- use a ripe banana. The recipe makes about 3 dozen cookies. Enjoy!
Jami says
Thank you! Did you use salted or unsalted butter ?
Jill Podhiny says
These were a huge hit with my family! I added caramel bits in addition to the white chocolate chips. Thanks so much for sharing!
Jessica says
oooh- that’s a great idea!! Thank you- and I’m so glad your family enjoyed them!
Katherine says
One of my favorite pies turned into a cookie? Yes! These look amazing! Pinned.
Sarah holmes says
Ours turned out very cakey. What did I do wrong? They are still absolutely delicious though!!!
Jessica says
Hmmm… they were thick?? I’d double check the ingredients and make sure you added correct amounts. Make sure you add 1/2 cup of butter- the entire cube. 😉 I’m glad you still enjoyed them though!
Ashley says
Would these be good with dark chocolate chips?
Jessica says
I think just about every treat is better with dark chocolate chips! 😉 Great idea!
Marjory @ Dinner-Mom says
I bet the pudding makes these so mosit and delish!
Jessica says
Yes, they are both of those! 🙂
Karen says
These banana cookies are AMAZING. I made only one batch and had to back to the grocery store for more pudding in order to make more.
Jessica says
So glad you enjoyed them Karen!
Lane & Holly @ With Two Spoons says
These look out of this world! I especially love how simple these are!
Jo Williams says
I’m sorry to be a ‘nit-picker’ but this peeve is really getting to me….. many of these recipe blogs are so loaded with ads that it’s not only difficult to wander around, but impossible to print without also printing an unwanted ad that has ‘conveniently’ stuck it’s nose into the middle of the recipe. Some advertisers remove their ad from the printed form but still leave an empty space where their ad used to be. This means, when you print the recipe, your printer is squirting two sheets of paper (instead of one), with empty spaces where their ad used to be. I, like many others, am so fed up with intrusive internet advertising. I do understand it might be necessary to some but, am I the only one who thinks it’s a bit above & beyond to have it appear in the middle of a printed recipe?
Jessica says
I’m SO sorry! The thing is, when you have a website there are about 12,364 moving pieces. Plus you know the whole 5 kids and a husband thing that demand my time. HA! I recently had to switch providers for my printable recipe card… and need to contact a different company to get the ads removed from it. YES, I agree it’s so annoying! Let me move this to the top of my list and see if I can’t get it taken care of ASAP.
Marianne Kiehl says
Just made these cookies…..they are absolutely delicious! Made them a little smaller then shown in the picture……will definitely make these again!
Jessica says
So glad you liked them Marianne!
Laura says
Making 12 dozen for a cookie exchange, first batch was turning out very round, just smushed down with a fork and let bake a few more mins? Why????????????
Jessica says
Did you do a 3 or 4 times the recipe to make this many? Sometimes when you triple or quadruple a recipe, it just doesn’t work out! It takes a lot to mix that much dough and the recipe changes as a result. I’m sad they didn’t turn out for you. 🙁
Gina says
Just made these and they didn’t come out flat like yours. I checked, and used all the ingredients as stated. What could be wrong? They did taste great but would love to get them right.
Jeff says
I just made these absolutely delicious cookies. They are wonderful! I was looking for a cookie that I could add peanut butter chips to without losing the banana flavor. These are exactly right for that. They carry the banana flavor and the chips carry the peanut butter flavor. I made them for an Elvis rock and roll party and the fans gobbled them up, all 240 of them. Thank you for taking the time to post this recipe.
Jessica says
I’m SO glad that everyone enjoyed them! Adding peanut butter chips is a great idea- I might just have to post a follow up recipe! THank you for your kind words Jeff!
Rose Ferraro says
What are the instructions for actually preparing the cookie dough for the oven??
Jessica says
I adjusted it. 🙂 You just scoop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough onto the cookie sheet.