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Easy Banana Bread Cookies With Cream Cheese Frosting
These tasty, soft banana bread cookies are topped off with a creamy, flavorful cream cheese frosting. Banana bread flavor in a cookie!
Prep Time
15
minutes
mins
Cook Time
11
minutes
mins
Total Time
26
minutes
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Course:
Baking, Cookies
Cuisine:
American
Servings:
15
cookies
Calories:
181
kcal
Author:
Sabrina Currie
Ingredients
½
cup
butter
½
cup
sugar
1
egg
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract
1
overripe banana
1 ½
cups
all purpose flour
½
teaspoon
baking soda
2
teaspoons
cinnamon
¼
teaspoon
salt
½
c
*Optional - chopped pecans for topping
Cream Cheese Icing
4
oz.
cream cheese
¾
cup
powdered sugar
½
teaspoon
vanilla
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350º
In a small or medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
In a larger mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in egg, vanilla, and banana until banana is incorporated.
Stir in flour mixture until just mixed.
Drop by heaping tablespoons onto parchment lined baking sheet.
Bake in preheated oven for 11-13 minutes until set.
Remove from oven and let cool completely on a wire rack.
Cream Cheese Icing
While cookies are cooling, beat icing ingredients together until smooth.
Ice cooled cookies and if topping with nuts, sprinkle them over right away, before the icing sets.
Notes
Bake cookies until batter is set, not until they start browning. See above pictures if needed.
Nutrition
Calories:
181
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
25
g
|
Protein:
2
g
|
Fat:
8
g
|
Saturated Fat:
5
g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
0.3
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
2
g
|
Trans Fat:
0.2
g
|
Cholesterol:
32
mg
|
Sodium:
164
mg
|
Potassium:
49
mg
|
Fiber:
1
g
|
Sugar:
14
g
|
Vitamin A:
283
IU
|
Vitamin C:
1
mg
|
Calcium:
18
mg
|
Iron:
1
mg