Bananas Foster Cookie

by fatandweirdcookieco

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  1. fatandweirdcookieco

    **BANANAS FOSTER COOKIE RECIPE**

    **Cookie Dough Ingredients (grams)**
    – 91 g butter
    – 91 g shortening
    – 178 g granulated sugar
    – 97 g brown sugar
    – 405 g flour
    – 6 g baking powder
    – 6 g cornstarch
    – 3 g salt
    – 15 g banana powder
    – 87 g eggs
    – 5 g vanilla extract
    – 6 g vegetable oil

    **Mix-Ins**
    – 113 g caramel bits
    – 56 g toffee bits

    **Core**
    – Mashed bananas foster mixture (recipe above)

    Directions

    1. Cream Butter & Sugars – Beat butter, shortening, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
    2. Add Wet Ingredients – Mix in eggs, vanilla, and vegetable oil until fully combined.
    3. Dry Ingredients – Add cornstarch, baking powder, and salt. Mix well.
    4. Add Flour – Gradually mix in flour until dough forms.
    5. Mix-Ins – Fold in caramel bits and toffee bits.
    6. Shape – Portion into 5 oz balls.
    7. Optional Filling – For stuffed cookies, form a cup with the dough, add a spoonful of mashed bananas foster, and seal.
    8. Chill – Refrigerate or freeze for 1–2 hours.
    9. Bake – Preheat oven to 400°F (204°C). Bake for 14–16 minutes, until golden brown.
    10. Finish & Enjoy – Let cool for 10 minutes, drizzle with leftover bananas foster syrup, and serve.

    **Taste Test and Result:**
    After the bake, the cookies were still warm when we dug in. The verdict?

    **Flavor:** “Very true to bananas foster.”
    **Texture:** Soft and rich, with some slight banana chunkiness—so you do need to be a banana fan.
    **Rating:** 9/10 from one taste tester, 8.2/10 from another.
    **Ranking:** Officially in the Bake It Fat and Weird Top Five, right behind the Hot Honey Jalapeño Cookie and the 100 Grand Cookie.