Vanılla Banäna Nuŧ Cőokies

I enjoy baking so much! It is incredibly relaxing for me. I also love whipping up new recipes. This particular recipe instantly became a family favorite. Vanilla Banana Nut Cookies. As always this recipe is super simple, which makes it fun to make.

You will need. . 

1 1/2 c. all purpose flour. (Bob's Red Mill is the best)    

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp salt ( I used sea salt)

1 large pkg Vanilla Jello instant pudding

1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 

1 c. light brown sugar

1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter

2 eggs

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 tsp lemon juice

2 medium bananas

1/3 c sugar

1 cup macadamia nuts

+ 1/2 c. semi sweet chocolate chips

Now comes the super easy part.

In a large bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt, pudding powder, and cinnamon. Set aside.

In a medium bowl cream together brown sugar and butter. Then add in the eggs, vanilla, lemon juice, bananas-sliced, sugar, and macadamia nuts.

Now you simply combine this with your flour mixture. At this point I added 1/2 c. mini semi sweet chocolate chips. 

My little baker

I like my cookies to look homemade, so I just use a spoon to place the batter on the baking sheet.

 You're going to bake these cookies on 360º for about 20 min. They may need to go a little longer because of the two bananas in the batter. If they don't bake long enough they will become sticky later. So aim for 20-30 min.

Ta-da! Vanilla Banana Nut Cookies. They really are quite delicious.

Just a note.

First, I realize the Jello instant pudding really doesn't fit my guidelines. You know. . organic, gluten free, no refined sugar. When I made these cookies I only had access to the Jello brand pudding. If you have a Whole Foods in your area then you can find an organic pudding. If you don't have access to a Whole Foods then you can order the pudding you need here: shoporganic.com-pudding

My Izzaboo helped me bake. Cute little cookie monster!

Cookie thief

⎨Happy Eating, J⎬