Banana, peanut, and chocolate are a delicious combination of flavors for making sandwich cookies.You can personalize the interior layer of melted chocolate by choosing the type of chocolate that you like, dark, milk chocolate or white chocolate. This makes a great project to do with children and family.
Benefits
Healthy, delicious snack. Banana powder is abundant in potassium – so much so that just two tablespoons contain the same amount as three to four bananas! It also helps lower cholesterol, boosts heart health, and aids nerve and muscle activity. This mix of peanut and banana puts this snack on the healthier end of treats.
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 2 eggs, 1 egg white
- 4 tablespoons banana powder
- 4 tablespoons peanut powder
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 8 ounces chocolate
Preparation & Cooking Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325F. In one bowl, mix peanut powder, salt, banana powder, and flour.
- In a separate bowl, cream the sugar and butter.
- Add the vanilla and the eggs. Using a mixer, blend until smooth and fluffy.
- On a low speed, add in the flour mixture into vanilla and egg mixture.
- Fill a pastry bag with the batter. Cut off a half-inch portion on the bottom.
- Twist the bag closed, squeezing two-inch strips on a baking sheet lined in parchment.
- Place in the oven. Set timer between 15-18 minutes.
- Allow cookies to cool when baking is complete.
- On a double boiler, melt chocolate.
- Match equal sized cookies.
- Sandwich the cookies together while filling melted chocolate between. Place inside the fridge to harden up.
