"C is for Cookie..."

Cookie Monster: "COOOKIES!!!!!! OM NOM NOM NOM" (Eats everything, including plate)

Grey (not white unfortunately) December days make me feel like a Cookie Monster. Seriously. Actually, a very picky cookie monster as I've been making numerous cookies and only few of them I find really yummy and deserving "Om nom nom nom...". One of them are these Banana Walnut Chocolate Chunks Cookies. I've found them in Martha Stewart's Cookies and I started mouthwatering already when I was reading the recipe with lots of walnuts, chocolate and chocolate. Oh, and bananas of course. I find this combination sort of irresistible, add a gallon of caramel or chocolate rooibos, new Dr House episode... Heaven is here :D At least for me :)

Banana-Walnut  Chocolate-Chunk Cookies

Makes around 30 cookies.*

130g (1 cup) all purpose flour
80g (1/2 cup) whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon coarse salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
170g (1 1/2 sticks, 3/4 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
100g (1/2 cup) granulated sugar
100g (1/2 cup) light brown sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 large or 2 small mashed bananas (the best are very ripe ones)
100g (1 cup) rolled oats
200g (around 8 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped into chunks
60g (1/2 cup) coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted

1. Preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F). Whisk together both flours, salt and baking soda in a bowl.
2. Put butter and both sugars into a bowl. Mix (with a mixer) until pale and fluffy. Reduce speed to low and add egg and vanilla; mix until well combined. Mix in the mashed bananas. Add flour mixture and mix only until just combined. Stir in the oats, chocolate chunks and walnuts.
3. Using a tablespoon or an ice cream scoop, drop dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper, spacing about 5cm apart. Bake cookies until golden brown and just set, 12 to 13 minutes. Let cook on sheets for 5 minutes. Then transfer cookies to wire rack and let cool completely.** (if your will power is strong enough... mine wasn't ;) )

* Believe me: 30 of these cookies it's not much... it's actually too little to last for the second day.
**Cookies can be stored at room temperature, in airtight containers up to 2 days.