Frosted Banana Cookies
Use your ripe bananas to make these delicious Frosted Banana Cookies. They are extremely moist, tasty and they satisfy that sweet craving.
Serving24 Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 bananas, ripened and mashed
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 ¼ cups flour
Frosting
- 2 Tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 bananas, ripened and smashed
- 3 cups powdered sugar, (more or less depending on the consistency that you like)
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
Cookies
- Heat oven to 350 ℉.
- Cream sugar, butter, shortening, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
- Add bananas and then mix in the eggs.
- Blend in buttermilk. Add the dry ingredients until just combined. Do not over-beat. It will be a sticky batter. Drop by tablespoons onto a greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 9-10 minutes, until slightly golden.
- Cool completely.
Frosting
- Mix all ingredients together and spread over cooled cookies.
Notes
If you aren’t going to eat them for more than a week, we recommend freezing them. Again the best way to freeze them is placing them in an airtight storage container and putting them in the freezer.
Nutrition
Calories: 264 kcal · Carbohydrates: 42 g · Protein: 3 g · Fat: 10 g · Saturated Fat: 4 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 27 mg · Sodium: 171 mg · Potassium: 122 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 26 g · Vitamin A: 193 IU · Vitamin C: 2 mg · Calcium: 15 mg · Iron: 1 mg