Peanut Butter-Banana-Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Mr. T has become quite spoiled the last couple of weeks, and a bit demanding of my cookies it seems. After dinner earlier this week, he asked me what was for dessert. He doesn't want store-bought cookies, he wants "Jaida cookies". Now, how could I turn down a request like that?? T told me that I'm too nice, and Mr. T said that when I move into my apartment in a couple of weeks, he's going to show up at 9:45 every night looking for cookies. I'm glad that I could do something during my time here to help them out and make the Mr's tummy happy, too. We had talked casually about me making some peanut butter-banana cookies some days before this request, so I went in search of a quick recipe I could whip up. I found one that looked simple, and as I saw a bag of chocolate chunks in the pantry, I decided to throw some of those into the mix as well. Mr. T was pleased with the results, and that I had given in to his request at nearly 9 pm.



Peanut Butter-Banana-Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Adapted from Cooks.com

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 c. peanut butter
• 2 c. brown sugar
• 1 c. sugar
• 1 c. butter, softened
• 2 small bananas
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 1/2 c. flour
• 2 cups chocolate chunks

Preparation

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheet(s) with foil or parchment paper.
2. In a mixing bowl, cream both sugars and butter. Add peanut butter, and mix until combined.
3. Break up bananas and mix in until there are no lumps.
4. Mix in salt, baking powder, then add flour.
5. Drop by the tablespoonful onto cookie sheets and bake for 12 minutes, or until slightly set and beginning to brown on the edges.
6. Allow to cool on cookie sheet for 1-2 minutes before removing to cooling racks.

**Use your judgement on cooking time, if cookies seem too soft still, allow them to cook for an additional minute at a time until slightly set. It is important to allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for a couple of minutes to allow them to set a bit more, and prevent falling apart when you try to move them to the cooling rack.