Description
These easy cookies are soft and loaded with banana flavor! The creamy frosting makes them taste just like classic banana pie!
Ingredients
Scale
- 3/4 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 box (3.4 ounce) box instant banana pudding mix
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
Frosting
- 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Optional garnish: vanilla wafers, crushed, sliced bananas
Instructions
- Cookies: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment combine the butter and brown sugar on medium speed, mixing until combined.
- Add in the eggs and vanilla and continue mixing until smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary. Mix in the banana pudding, baking soda, and salt.
- Finally add flour and mix until just combined.
- Using a medium (2- tablespoon) cookie scoop, drop the dough onto the prepared baking sheet about 2- inches apart. Bake for 9-11 minutes until edges begin to golden. Don’t over bake.
- Allow to cool on the baking sheet for 3 – 4 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
- Prepare frosting: Mix the butter until creamy in the clean bowl of your stand mixer. Add in the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla and beat until creamy, 2 minutes.
- When the cookies are completely cooled, frost cookies and garnish with vanilla wafer crumbs.
Notes
Store airtight at room temperature for up to 4 days.
