LL Recipe Review: The Kitchn’s 4-Ingredient Chocolate Banana Coconut Cookies

The Kitchn is another blog I absolutely love. They have so much variety on their blog and some really fantastic recipes to make. It was a rainy day in Richmond and the perfect day to make cookies BUT I’ve been really wanting to stretch myself to find recipes that are yummy but also gluten/dairy/soy free. Today I made the Kitchn’s 4-Ingredient Chocolate Banana Coconut Cookies (recipe from the Kitchn linked here). Here’s my take:

• Time and Effort: Easy (30 min or less)

• Skill Level: Easy (if you have never made a cookie in your life, you can make these)

• Suggestions:
  • Double the recipe
  • Cook them a little longer than the recommendation – undercooked and they will be still mushy and hard to take off the cookie pan
  • I left some free from chocolate (see photo for non-chocolate version) for variety
  • If you’re looking for soy and dairy free, buy allergen free chocolate (this could also be why my chocolate was a little thicker than expected – see bullet point below)
  • The chocolate didn’t really work on mine – perhaps I didn’t use enough oil or maybe it was the chocolate chips but I found the chocolate was really difficult to drizzle and dip. I ended up picking up each cookie, making a plop of chocolate on the pan, and then setting the cookie on top of it. This worked better for me than dipping because the chocolate was thicker than expected.
  • After baking…hide them! JK but they are really good and my husband quickly ate them 🙂

LL’S OVERALL REVIEW: 5/5

I will make these cookies again – especially since I know members of my family who are gluten/soy/dairy free can eat these and they were so fast to make! I recommend storing in a plastic Tupperware versus a zip log bag as they are softer cookies and the banana adds moisture content. Clean up was quick because it required two bowls – one for mixing and one for chocolate. I used silicone baking mats (like this) to make the cookies easily come off the cookie pan and so I wouldn’t have to deep clean the cookie pan, just a simple rinse.

Enjoy! xo, LL