Chocolaty Banana Chocolate Chips Cookies

Yes, lots of chocolate in these little gems, but also a generous portion of sweet, ripe bananas.  Oh, the combination is so, so delicious!  Enjoy!

Yields 32-34 cookies

Ingredients:

-1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature

-1/4  cup sugar

-1 cup packed brown sugar

-3 ripe bananas

-2 tsp vanilla extract

-1 tsp salt

-1 tsp baking soda

-1 Tbs cornstarch

-2 cups flour

-2 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder

-1 1/2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 F.  Line a couple of cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.

In your mixer's bowl, cream the butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add the peeled bananas, one chunk at a time.  Mix very well.  Add the vanilla, salt, baking soda and cornstarch.  Keep on mixing.  Stir in the flour, 1/2 cup at a time.  Add the cocoa powder and chocolate chips.  Once well mixed, scoop dough with a spoon and arrange cookies on prepared sheets.
Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on sheets.  Enjoy!