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Gone Bananas

Gone Bananas
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
30 min
Yields
12 servings

This dish is a type of whoopie pie with a cake like texture and cream cheese filling.

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ingredients

1 ¼
cup flour
½
tsp baking soda
¼
tsp salt
½
cup butter
½
cup white sugar
½
cup brown sugar
1
egg
½
tsp vanilla
1
sliced banana
½
cup chocolate chips
1
cup coconut
½
cup chopped roasted almonds
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directions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350ºF (175ºC).

Step 2

Toast almonds in a pan for about 10 minutes. Remove them from heat, chop and set aside.

Step 3

In a bowl, combine sliced bananas, chocolate chips, coconut and roasted almonds.

Step 4

In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.

Step 5

Using a stand or hand mixer, cream the butter, brown sugar and white sugar for 5 minutes until very smooth.

Step 6

Add the egg into the butter and sugar.

Step 7

Add vanilla.

Step 8

Add in the banana mixture.

Step 9

Turn the mixer on low and slowly incorporate the dry ingredients.

Step 10

Using a small ice cream scoop, place cookie dough on a baking sheet leaving space between each cookie.

Step 11

Bake cookies at 350ºF for 20 minutes.

Step 12

Fill cookies with cream cheese icing.

Step 13

Drizzle tops with melted chocolate.

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