Mrs. Fields Banana Nut Cookies

NorthwestGal's Note:

This is an original recipe from Debbie Fields, which I found and posted in a Recipezaar forum in response to a request. It prompted such positive replies that I thought I should post the recipe for others who might be searching for it, too. (Servings are calculated at 3 cookies each.)

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 8-16

Yield: 24.0 cookies

• 2 2⁄3; cups flour , all-purpose
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup brown sugar , light packed
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 cup butter , softened
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon liqueur or 1 teaspoon extract , banana flavor
• ¾ cup ripe banana , mashed
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup walnuts , chopped

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 300°F
2. In a medium bowl, combine four, soda and salt. Mix well and set aside.
3. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, blend sugars at medium speed. Add butter and mix to form a grainy paste, scraping down the sides of the bowl. Add egg, liqueur and banana, and beat at medium speed until smooth. Add flour mixture, 1 cup of the chocolate chips and walnuts, and blend at low speed until just combined.
4. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheets, 2 inches apart.
5. Sprinkle cookies with chocolate chips, 6 to 8 per cookie.
6. Bake 25-27 minutes until cookie edges begin to brown.
7. Transfer immediately to a cool surface.

Reviews

[AZPARZYCH]

This are really moist and good! Made for a playdate with some friends and all the kids (and moms) ate them up. I left out the nuts because one of the kids has a tree-nut allergy, and DS was helping me make these and got excited about dumping the choco chips and put all 2 cups in the mix. Made for Photo Tag.

[cherisanders]

I made these last year. A girl from work brought in a Mrs. Fields Cookie book and we all picked out cookies to bake. I took on this receipe. Everyone loved it SO much that they all want me to bake some this year.
The funny thing was that a different lady at work had decided to take the receipe and try to do it better, W/o chocolate chips......She brought them the very next day, and they weren't near as good as mine. :D

[weekend cooker]

Great cookies with excellent banana flavor. Ended up with a total of 40, with 10 made from chopped pecans, because I ran out of walnuts. Other than that I made recipe as posted.Made for PRMR TAG.