FoodCoop Recipes
Banana and Bacon cookies
Banana bread is so last year! We’ve added bacon to these banana cookies for a sweet and savoury snack sensation
Cook
30 minutes
Serves
20
Ingredients
2 rashers Co-op Irresistible air dry cured smoked streaky bacon
250g Co-op plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
150g Fairtrade caster sugar
150g Co-op unsalted butter, melted
1 Co-op British free range egg, beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 small ripe Co-op Fairtrade banana, mashed
Method
Cook the bacon in a nonstick frying pan until crisp, then remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper
Once cooled, roughly chop
Meanwhile, mix the flour, baking powder and sugar together in a large bowl
Combine the butter, egg, vanilla extract and banana, then mix into the dry ingredients, along with the bacon, using a wooden spoon
Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan 170°C/gas 5, and line two baking trays
Spoon golf ball-sized scoops onto the baking trays, spacing well apart
You should have 20-22 cookies
Bake in the oven for 10-12 mins, until golden and still slightly soft in the middle
Allow to cool on the tray for a couple of minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely
Cook's tips
TIP: if you have time, roll the raw cookie dough into a sausage, wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes before slicing into rounds and baking, for chewier cookies!
