BANANAS FOSTER COOKIE RECIPE

Cookie Dough Ingredients (grams)
- 91 g butter
- 91 g shortening
- 178 g granulated sugar
- 97 g brown sugar
- 405 g flour
- 6 g baking powder
- 6 g cornstarch
- 3 g salt
- 15 g banana powder
- 87 g eggs
- 5 g vanilla extract
- 6 g vegetable oil

Mix-Ins
- 113 g caramel bits
- 56 g toffee bits

Core
- Mashed bananas foster mixture (recipe above)

Directions

1. Cream Butter & Sugars – Beat butter, shortening, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add Wet Ingredients – Mix in eggs, vanilla, and vegetable oil until fully combined.
3. Dry Ingredients – Add cornstarch, baking powder, and salt. Mix well.
4. Add Flour – Gradually mix in flour until dough forms.
5. Mix-Ins – Fold in caramel bits and toffee bits.
6. Shape – Portion into 5 oz balls.
7. Optional Filling – For stuffed cookies, form a cup with the dough, add a spoonful of mashed bananas foster, and seal.
8. Chill – Refrigerate or freeze for 1–2 hours.
9. Bake – Preheat oven to 400°F (204°C). Bake for 14–16 minutes, until golden brown.
10. Finish & Enjoy – Let cool for 10 minutes, drizzle with leftover bananas foster syrup, and serve.

Taste Test and Result:
After the bake, the cookies were still warm when we dug in. The verdict?

Flavor: “Very true to bananas foster.”
Texture: Soft and rich, with some slight banana chunkiness—so you do need to be a banana fan.
Rating: 9/10 from one taste tester, 8.2/10 from another.
Ranking: Officially in the Bake It Fat and Weird Top Five, right behind the Hot Honey Jalapeño Cookie and the 100 Grand Cookie.