BANANA PUDDING COOKIES

Banana Pudding Cookies are a classic banana cookie recipe with a twist! They have a great soft, chewy texture that comes from banana pudding mix as well as an entire banana in the dough. Banana cream pie lovers- you’ve got to try these banana cookies!

Banana Pudding Cookies really do have the best flavor! My husband loves banana cream pies. Since I don’t always have the time to whip up a pie (but I always have time for cookies ha ha) when I heard about this recipe I was excited to try something new. Especially if it would be an easy way to satisfy his craving and my love of cookies – which it totally did! Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

Tips to get the PERFECT Banana Cookies:

Three kitchen items make these cookies come together really fast. I actually use these items in nearly every cookie recipe I make, so they’re quite versatile. First, I line my cookie sheets with a piece of parchment paper. They’re sold in sizes that fit a 12×16 cookie sheet perfectly and enable to cookies to bake well without sticking- and no mess from spraying oil on the cookie sheets!

The second item is a KitchenAid mixer. I love mine! I have a Bosch as well but I find I use my KitchenAid for cookies. There is a cookie paddle that comes with every mixer that you attach to the top of the mixer. They’re easy to use and help you mix the ingredients uniformly. I also use the metal whisk attachment in this recipe to make the frosting. It whips it up super fast! Add this to your wish list because it’s one of my all-time used small appliances ever!

The third item is a cookie scoop! Years and years ago I used to use 2 spoons to measure and scrape cookie dough onto the pans. It wasn’t a perfect process and I often ended up with oblong cookies in various sizes. A friend of mine brought cookies to a party and I noticed each and every one of her cookies looked PERFECT. Her secret? A cookie scoop! They come in three sizes- 1/2 tablespoon, 1.5 tablespoon and 3 tablespoon scoops. I used the middle size- 1.5 tablespoon for these, and most other cookies. (Although when I’m serving a large crowd, I use the small cookie scoop. People love having a smaller cookie, especially at an event with several other desserts. For this Banana Cookie recipe, I used the middle scoop.

Banana Pudding Cookies

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 banana, smashed
• 3.4 oz package banana cream instant pudding mix
• 2 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups white chocolate chips

How to make Banana Cookies:

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degree F and prepare baking sheets by lining with parchment paper.
2. Combine flour, baking soda and salt, then set aside.
3. Combine butter and sugar and mix with an electric mixer.  Add banana, dry pudding mix and the eggs, then mix together until smooth.
4. Pour dry ingredients into the mixing bowl with banana mixture and mix slowly until incorporated. Add the white chocolate chips and mix to combine.
5. Scoop rounded tablespoonfuls of cookie dough onto parchment lined baking pan.Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes or until slightly golden. Let Banana Cookies cool for several minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling rack. 
   

If you like our Banana Pudding Cookies, try a few of our other favorite pudding cookies:

• Mint Oreo Pudding Cookies
• Pistachio Pudding Cookies
• Pumpkin Pudding Cookies
• Blueberry Cream Cookies
• Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies

Banana Pudding Cookies are a classic banana cookie recipe with a twist! They have a great soft, chewy texture that comes from banana pudding mix as well as an entire banana in the dough. Banana cream pie lovers- you’ve got to try these banana cookies!

Banana Pudding Cookies

Banana Pudding Cookies are a classic banana cookie recipe with a twist! They have a great soft, chewy texture that comes from banana pudding mix as well as an entire banana in the dough. Banana cream pie lovers- you've got to try these banana cookies!

5 from 3 votes

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Course: Cookies

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Servings: 3

Author: Jessica & Nellie

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 banana smashed
• 3.4 oz package banana cream instant pudding mix
• 2 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups white chocolate chips

Instructions

• Preheat your oven to 350 degree F and prepare baking sheets by lining with parchment paper.
• Combine flour, baking soda and salt, then set aside.
• Combine butter and sugar and mix with an electric mixer.  Add banana, dry pudding mix and the eggs, then mix together until smooth.
• Pour dry ingredients into the mixing bowl with banana mixture and mix slowly until incorporated. Add the white chocolate chips and mix to combine.
• Scoop rounded tablespoonfuls of cookie dough onto parchment lined baking pan.Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes or until slightly golden. Let Banana Cookies cool for several minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.

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