Peanut Butter Banana Cookies

My youngest son is a very picky eater and even a little small for his age. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about ways to increase his calorie intake without it being in wasted calories and junk food. We’re basically at a point where we let the kid eat whatever he wants, whenever he wants. I came up with this recipe because he loves bananas and peanut butter is a good way to get some calories in that are fairly good for him. I am not a baker, I’ve said it before and I say it again! These however were my first baking success from a recipe I tweeked myself! I’m a little proud. I don’t even feel guilty eating them.

Ingredients

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
3/4 cup Peanut Butter
1 stick of butter (1/2 cup) at room temperature
1 over-ripe banana
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 egg
1 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, add brown sugar, white sugar, butter. Cream. Next add peanut butter and continue to cream. Add vanilla and banana, salt and baking soda. Slowly add in flour to bring all together. If making drop cookies simply spoon onto baking sheet. To make formed cookies (like mine)
Refrigerate dough for at least 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350F. Take a small amount of dough, about the size of ping-pong ball and shape into a ball. Place on a cookie sheet. You should be able to fit 12 on a large sheet. Press a peanut into the center slightly. Bake for approximately 8 minutes. The cookies should be a light brown. Remove from oven, and allow to cool for a 2-3 minutes and carefully transfer to a cooling rack.
Your cookies will be moist and delicious! If you prefer a crunchier cookie, bake a little bit longer. This recipe made 4 dozen cookies for me.

Comments

Jennifer says:

February 1, 2011 at 6:30 am

Yummy!!!

Anonymous says:

February 1, 2011 at 11:11 am

1 stick of butter is 1/2 a cup, not 1/4.
should the recipe be 1/4 C or 1/2 C? thanks

Amanda says:

February 1, 2011 at 11:39 am

oops you're right! should be 1/2 cup!

Medifast Program says:

February 1, 2011 at 5:01 pm

Great cookie recipe, we have a little guy who is a very picky eater too, and I kind of let him do the same, eat what and when he wants. But you still want them to have healthy foods and snacks and it can be really hard. I think he will like these cookies, he does like peanut butter, thanks so much.

Dan says:

February 1, 2011 at 8:13 pm

This looks great. My son is a picky eater as well. We'll be making this soon!

Amanda says:

February 1, 2011 at 9:34 pm

Great! I hope that they help – it can be so hard when kids are picky eaters – I've had to get creative. Will love to hear your feedback please!