Banana Choc Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/3 Cup Shortening
• 1/3 Cup Unsalted Butter (*or all butter or all shortening. See note)
• 2/3 Cup Brown Sugar
• 1/3 Cup Sugar
• 2 Eggs (large)
• 2 Cups Flour
• 3/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 Cup Banana (ripe, mashed (about 2 large bananas))
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 2 Cups Chocolate Chips

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

2. 2

   Cream together the shortening, butter and sugars for 1 ½ minutes on medium high speed. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix to combine.

3. 3

   Whisk together all the dry ingredients.

4. 4

   Add the dry ingredients alternately with the bananas to the creamed sugar mixture. On the last addition, add both flour and banana along with the chocolate chips and gently fold together.

5. 5

   Scoop onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silpat and bake for 10-12 minutes. Or place in the fridge in the bowl or already scooped on baking sheets while you clean up and then bake. This allows the cookies to not spread as much, but is totally optional.