You can count on getting all-day energy from these nutritious oatmeal banana nut muffins.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 25 mins |
| Servings: | 25 |
| Yield: | 25 servings |
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup vegetable shortening
- 1 ½ cups packed light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Beat vegetable shortening and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in one egg until completely incorporated. Beat in last egg along with vanilla extract and water. Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Stir flour mixture into creamed mixture at low speed until just blended; fold in chocolate chips. Drop spoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake in preheated oven until cookies are set, 7 to 9 minutes. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet; transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 199 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 28 g |
| Cholesterol | 15 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 70 mg |
| Sugars | 20 g |
| Fat | 10 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Yummy especially when I added marjoram butter in place of the shortening
The only thing I had trouble with was the baking I used butter and the cookies came out flat but delicious. I read up on using butter with cookies and learned to turn the temperature down. I loved the taste . It is like eating a brownie that is a cookie. I will definitely make these cookies over and over again.
Have used this for years. I dont use 2 cups of chocolate chips tho. I just eyeball them an we all love this. I use butter shortening too. So sweet an awesome. Thanks so much
Love this recipe. Made it without chocolate chips since I didn’t have them. But instead of using all brownsugar I used 1/2 cup of white sugar with the rest being brownsugar; which I found I liked more. My whole family loves it!
This is a great recipe with or without changes!! I made it the first time without any changes and it was impeccable. I decided to get crafty after and chill the dough over night and then roll them in granulated sugar before baking them, turned them into gooey chocolatey snickerdoodles! I also use butter instead of shortening sometimes if I don’t have shortening on hand and it works great!
Very soft and chewy, great flavor!
I don’t like chocolate and I like these! Husband can’t stop. I would cut back on the chocolate chips by a little bit as I find they are almost overwhelming (personal preference). Other people have mentioned that the cookie does not expand, I cooked for 9 mins each and they definitely take on more of that brownie look. Because of richness, I preferred the size and I got 34 in total. I also keep the dough in the fridge in between trays, and for approximately 15 minutes in the beginning, as it’s very tacky.
Ooey, gooey delicious. I used mini chocolate chips in 2 of the batches, and no chocolate chips in the last. They were all equally delicious. Will definitely make again…maybe with nuts next time!
Loved It! It will definitely be added to our list of cookies I make all year long. I made ours with mini chips but, otherwise followed this recipe exactly!
it was good
Love this recipe! I didn’t have any vegetable shortening, so I used butter instead. Still was delicious though!
it was amazing good job very sweet.
Loved these brownie cookies!! So glad to have made your recipe. Thanks. Will definitely be making them again. There are times when you want a brownie only faster and this is it. Plus this recipe is good for sharing etc. so it has a lot of pluses seeing that the taste and chewiness are so like brownies in an easy to handle cookie.. Nothing not to love about that!!
These were amazing the only thing I changed was I only did half the amount of chocolate chips and they were milk instead of semi sweet
Excellent cookie, this one is a keeper! The first thing my husband said the problem was, is they were too small! The recipe says drop by spoonful, it doesn’t say what size. I suggest big Tablespoon. They didn’t last long!
Awesomeness!!!!!!
Very tasty and brownieish! I did not have shortening so I used lard and reduced the chocolate chips to 1 and a half cups. Decided to use this recipe for the cookie exchange this year- fingers crossed I win most delicious! Lol
Absolutely love as is! Made twice so far. Once as written and once swapping the shortening with coconut oil. I baked in a convection oven at 375° and it took the full ten minutes. I let them cool in the pan and they came out perfect!
This is the exact recipe I have been making for at least 20 years or more and they are amazing!! Probably the most requested cookie I have ever made. They take exactly like brownies! I bake mine for 8 minutes and they are just perfect.
These cookies worked out beautifully and taste divine! The original recipe was a little sweet for my tastes, so I only added 1 cup of brown sugar, and I also combined dark chocolate chips with salted caramel chips, added walnuts, and used butter instead of veg shortening since I never use anything else in my baking. Delish!! They DO taste just like brownies! I baked these on parchment paper, and had absolutely no issues with sticking. I also found they flattened nicely, they made a nicely proportioned cookie. I am wondering if those that had issues with it spreading too much may have added the shortening while it was too soft. I didn’t even chill mine before baking, and they worked out beautifully!
Great flavor, great texture. I did need to bake these 10 minutes for my light pans, and even then, they were still kinda gooey, but I like that in a brownie. I did sub 1/2 cup white sugar for the equal amount of brown sugar just to lighten the flavor a little. Also, I only used half of the chocolate chips, because I just didn’t have enough on hand, and it was still good. I would definitely make it again.