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Soft Frosted Banana Bread Cookies

by Jamie

These Soft Frosted Banana Bread Cookies are delightful, truly. They taste a lot like a heavenly bite of banana bread with the addition of a smooth brown sugar frosting spread on top. They taste even better the second day, will make good use of any spotted bananas you have lying around and  just might qualify as my new favorite cookie. I have to admit to making the twice in the past week, I enjoy them so much.

Hope you love them!

Soft Frosted Banana Bread Cookies Jamie Cooks It Up!

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1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream 3/4 C butter flavored shortening and 3/4 C sugar together in your stand mixer or large mixing bowl. Add 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla and beat it for an additional 2 minutes.

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3. Grab a couple of bananas. You’ll want to use bananas that have brown spots all over them. Brown spotted bananas are super ripe and very sweet.

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Peel the bananas and mash them. You’ll need 1 C total. Add them to the mixing bowl and beat to combine.

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4. Into a small mixing bowl combine 1/4 tsp salt, 1 tsp baking soda and 2 C flour.

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5. Add the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl and mix until combined. The dough will be sticky and slightly thick.

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6. Spray the inside of a kitchen scoop with cooking spray.

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Spray a large cookie sheet with cooking spray as well and scoop the dough out onto it.

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7. Bake for 8-9 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown along the bottoms. Remove them to a cooling rack and allow them to cool completely.

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8. Make the frosting while the cookies are baking. Place 1/2 C butter, 6 Tb brown sugar and 4 Tb milk into a medium-sized sauce pan. Melt them together on the stove top.

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9. Pour 3 1/4 C powdered sugar, 1/4 tsp vanilla and dash of salt  into the melted ingredients and whisk it well to combine. Let the frosting sit for about 10 minutes. It will continue to thicken as it cools down.

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10. Frost each cookie.

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Enjoy! These little cookies are even better the next day.

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Soft Frosted Banana Bread Cookies

Serves: 36 cookies Prep Time:
Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat
Rating: 5.0/5
( 1 voted )

Ingredients

  • COOKIES:
  • 3/4 C butter flavored shortening
  • 3/4 C sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 C mashed bananas
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp soda
  • 2 C flour
  • FROSTING:
  • 1/2 C butter
  • 6 Tb brown sugar
  • 4 Tb milk
  • 3 1/4 C powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream 3/4 C butter flavored shortening and 3/4 C sugar together in your stand mixer or large mixing bowl. Add 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla and beat it for an additional 2 minutes.
3. Grab a couple of bananas. You'll want to use bananas that have brown spots all over them. Brown spotted bananas are super ripe and very sweet.
Peel the bananas and mash them. You'll need 1 C total. Add them to the mixing bowl and beat to combine.
4. Into a small mixing bowl combine 1/4 tsp salt, 1 tsp baking soda and 2 C flour.
5. Add the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl and mix until combined. The dough will be sticky and slightly thick.
6. Spray the inside of a kitchen scoop with cooking spray. Spray a large cookie sheet with cooking spray as well and scoop the dough out onto it.
7. Bake for 8-9 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown along the bottoms. Remove them to a cooling rack and allow them to cool completely.
8. Make the frosting while the cookies are baking. Place 1/2 C butter, 6 Tb brown sugar and 4 Tb milk into a medium-sized sauce pan. Melt them together on the stove top.
9. Pour 3 1/4 C powdered sugar, 1/4 tsp vanilla and dash of salt  into the melted ingredients and whisk it well to combine. Let the frosting sit for about 10 minutes. It will continue to thicken as it cools down.
10. Frost each cookie.
Enjoy! These little cookies are even better the next day.


Recipe from Jilly and Milly

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47 comments

Jen January 23, 2015 - 7:41 am

I have shortening and I have butter, but I don’t have butter flavored shortening! What would you recommend I use?

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Jamie January 24, 2015 - 7:55 am

Jen,
I would suggest sticking with the shortening on this one. Best of luck!
~Jamie

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Lisa January 25, 2020 - 11:40 am

I just made them with regular shortening and they turned out great! Going to try adding raisins next time.

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talia January 23, 2015 - 1:01 pm

Can I substitute butter for the butter flavored shortening?

Hoping to make this weekend. They look amazing!

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Jamie January 24, 2015 - 7:54 am

Talia,
I haven’t ever tried it with butter, I would imagine it would work out…but the cookies won’t puff up quite as much. Best of luck to you!
~Jamie

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Erin February 3, 2019 - 9:00 am

Butter works just fine.

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Janice Huber January 15, 2020 - 5:57 pm

can I use Almond flour

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Jade January 24, 2015 - 11:56 am

I just made these! I only had regular shortening and they turned out great! So yummy! That frosting is delicious! I’m trying to figure out what else to put it on!!

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Jackie January 31, 2015 - 10:03 am

I made these last night for a family get-together and they went very quickly. Everyone loved them! Great recipe :-).

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Lori November 21, 2015 - 9:46 pm

I made these the other day and didn’t have the butter flavored shortening so I used regular shortening and added a splash of butter extract. They turned out amazing! Thanks for sharing the recipe! I’m making it again for a family gathering and doubling the recipe!

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Diane September 18, 2016 - 2:14 pm

Just made this recipe as directed. These cookies are amazing!

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Jamie September 20, 2016 - 7:05 am

Diane,
So happy you enjoyed them! Thanks for letting me know.
Best,
~Jamie

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Jana December 18, 2017 - 2:23 pm

I made these but used coconut oil and coconut sugar they were amazing ?

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Phyllis February 19, 2018 - 8:55 am

I had some bananas that I didn’t know what I wanted to do with them. I looked on Pinterest and found this recipe for your banana cookies. So glad I made them. I only had regular shortening but they still turned out great. Everybody loves them. These are definitely on my list of favorites. Thanks for sharing.

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Leslie March 26, 2018 - 4:08 pm

Wow!! These turned out so delicious. My family loved these. Can’t wait for the next batch of bananas to go bad.

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Jamie March 28, 2018 - 7:39 am

Leslie,
So happy your family enjoyed this recipe. Thanks for letting me know.
Best,
~Jamie

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Courtney taylor September 23, 2018 - 4:12 pm

What kinda soda do I use? Like Coca-Cola or soda water?

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Jamie September 28, 2018 - 9:34 am

Courtney,
The soda reference in this recipe refers to baking soda. Best of luck!
~Jamie

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Aimee May 25, 2019 - 6:21 pm

I tried with regular shortening and no frosting. Just lovely!

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Carly December 19, 2019 - 9:07 pm

I made these tonight for a Christmas Cookie Exchange at work tomorrow. I tweaked the recipe a bit though. I roasted my bananas in the oven for about 20 mins (peels on) so they would get extra caramelized and gooey. Then I made browned butter for the frosting, and added approximately 2 Tbsp of real maple syrup. I just have to say, they are utterly amazing! I can’t wait to taste them tomorrow! I’m thinking next time I’ll add some walnuts and maybe even some chocolate chips (mini ones so they don’t sink to the bottom of the cookie!). YUM!

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Liza May 6, 2020 - 3:25 pm

The banana roasting sounds so good! You have great ideas for thus cookie. I can’t wait to bake them.

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Pamela Rodkey January 18, 2020 - 12:08 pm

what is the alternative if you don’t have br sugar for the frosting?

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Janice Riley January 19, 2020 - 9:37 am

Can cookies be frozen and for how long?

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Janelle January 20, 2020 - 10:12 am

Can these cookies be frozen

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Judy Gordon January 20, 2020 - 10:27 am

I made them on Saturday. Used REAL Butter instead of shortening…Delish

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Diana January 20, 2020 - 2:45 pm

The cookies were great but my frosting was dry and crumbly after it cooled a bit making it hard to spread. The frosting was a dark tan, not creamy off white like your photo shows. Any suggestions?

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Sarah January 20, 2020 - 6:19 pm

My frosting was crumbly too ? What did I do wrong ?

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Leslie January 23, 2020 - 9:59 am

I think you may have had to much powdered sugar. I just added it until it was of creamy spreading consistency. Another thing if you measure it like regular sugar, it’s a lot. I think your supposed to measure it like cocoa, spoon it into measuring cup instead of scooping it. I think iread that in one of my cookbooks. I hope this helps. The cookies are delicious!!!

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Cindy January 23, 2020 - 8:48 am

I just made these cookies and they turned out flat as pancakes – not sure what went wrong. Frosting overpowers flavor of the cookie. Not one I’ll try again soon.

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Sally January 27, 2020 - 9:43 am

Would Margarine work in the Frostede Banana Bread Cookie recipe

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Felicia January 29, 2020 - 8:51 pm

I made the frosting with margarine and soy milk and it turned out great! I also found I only had about 2.5C powdered sugar left after I had everything else in the pan, so I removed about 2T of the margarine, and it was still amazing. And I had more than enough for the cookies (also amazing!), so we’ve been using the extra as a dip for apples and strawberries…I highly recommend trying it!

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christine Berger January 30, 2020 - 1:42 pm

I made these today and they are amazing!My granddaughters loved them I will be making these again.I highly recommend trying them

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Amber April 17, 2020 - 3:24 pm

My frosting was a brown glaze but they turned out amazing..def my new favorite cookie!!

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Blake April 29, 2020 - 6:39 pm

Best cookie ever! I could eat the frosting with a spoon! I only used 3 cups of powdered sugar. I found it became more difficult to spread as it cooled, so I set the pan of frosting in a warm spot on top of my stove until I was finished frosting all the cookies.

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JustJesse May 12, 2020 - 12:58 pm

Just made these lovely cookies. I did tweak a bit…used half reg. shortening and half butter (didn’t have butter flavored shortening and wanted that butter flav). I also added PB & Choc. Chips. Absolutely delish! I didn’t frost them all as I thought they’d be too sweet, but they were actually perfect…the cake-like texture worked well with the frosting. I agree with what others commented in that they are very ‘muffin top-ish’ but are super yummy!

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Kristy January 14, 2021 - 2:23 am

Omg, these cookies are genius! I made them earlier this year and in looking at some of my recipes realized I never commented on how amazing they are. I used all butter and chilled the dough balls a couple hours before baking. I am super picky on my baked goods and these were excellent. I took a container to work and my fellow nurses loved them and my kids devoured the rest. The frosting is the perfect accompaniment. Kudos on a fabulous recipe!

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Michelle Jones October 7, 2021 - 6:58 pm

I haven’t made these yet but they look amazing. Can I freeze them?

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Jamie October 9, 2021 - 7:07 am

Hi there,
I haven’t ever tried freezing them, but think it would work out. I’d suggest placing parchment paper between them if you plan to stack them at all so the frosting doesn’t seal the cookies to each other. Let me know if you try it and how it works out.
Good luck!
~Jamie

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Noreen Benedetti Barbe July 10, 2022 - 12:28 pm

Easier than baking a cake and kid pleasurable.

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Melissa February 25, 2023 - 10:23 am

These are divine!!! I added a little peanut butter to the icing ingredients and only used 2 cups powdered sugar and these turned out fabulous!!!

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Jamie April 4, 2023 - 4:25 pm

Melissa,
What a great idea! That sounds like an amazing combination. Thanks for sharing.
All my best,
~Jamie

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Audrey Buck March 25, 2023 - 10:32 am

Sounds delicious, Im getting ready to make them now

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Bonnie April 4, 2023 - 3:36 pm

Have you ever made this as a cookie cake?

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