Banana Chocolate Cookie Strip Things

Hehe, I don't really know what to call them because they are cookie-like, but they're also kinda crunchy on the edges and more like a snack on-the-go thing.

These are another cheap treat because it uses up leftover bananas and doesn't take very many chocolate chips. Everything else I keep on hand for baking anyway, so it didn't cost me anything but time to make.

banana bar 1

Here's the recipe:

Banana Chocolate Chunk Bars

1/2 cup all-purpose flour (2 .25 oz)
2 1/2 tablespoons light brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 ½ oz banana, mashed (a little less than ¼ cup if you don’t have a scale)
2 tablespoons corn syrup
1 1/2 tablespoons melted butter (cooled) – I used salted
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup pecans, toasted and chopped**
1/3 cup chocolate chips or chunks (use more if you want)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Sir flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt together in a bowl.

Stir mashed banana, syrup, melted butter and vanilla in a second bowl. Pour flour mixture into banana mixture and stir until well mixed. Stir in pecans and chocolate. Mixture should be goopy, but not too runny. If it’s runny, chill it for an hour.

Empty the goopy banana mixture onto the parchment lined sheet and shape into a rectangle about 9×2 inches. The best way to do this is with damp hands.

Bake on center rack for 15 minutes. Pull from oven and quickly score the long bar into 1 ½ to 2 inch wide bars, but don’t separate. Quickly return to oven and bake for another 5 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes on tray, then carefully separate the bars and let them sit on a cooling rack to finish cooling. They should develop kind of a crispy shell.

Makes 6

I made a double batch first thing because the measurements seemed so tiny. They store well in an air-tight container.

Check out the site I found the recipe on here: Link She explains how she came up with the recipe, why eggs are kept out of the recipe, etc.