Gluten Free Banana Sugar Cookies with Brown Butter Frosting
These gluten free banana cookies are loaded with banana flavor and include a generous amount of brown butter frosting! Easy to make!
Servings 18 cookies
Ingredients
- For the cookies:
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- ¼ cup mashed banana (about 1 small banana)
- 1 egg
- 1 bag of Pamela’s Gluten Free Sugar Cookie Mix
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- For the frosting:
- ½ cup Pamela’s Gluten Free Vanilla Frosting
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1-2 tablespoons water
Instructions
- In a large bowl, beat butter, banana and egg with an electric mixer on medium low speed until well combined.
- Reduce mixer to low speed and add in gluten free sugar cookie mix and cinnamon. Beat until dough begins to form.
- Turn off electric mixer and transfer dough to a workable surface such as a wooden cutting board. Form dough into large ball and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate for 15 minutes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Flatten each dough ball with the palm of your hand.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges become slightly golden brown. Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to finish cooling.
- While the cookies are cooling, make the frosting: Add butter to a small saucepan and place over medium heat. After a couple of minutes the butter will begin to crackle and foam—make sure you whisk consistently during this process! Another minute or two, and you will notice the butter turning a slight brown (caramel) color on the bottom of the saucepan; continue to whisk and remove from heat as soon as the butter begins to give off a nutty aroma. Immediately transfer the butter to a medium bowl to prevent it from burning. Set aside to cool for a few minutes.
- Add frosting mix to a bowl with brown butter then add water. Mix together until a frosting forms, adding more water if necessary. Spread over cooled cookies. Makes 18 cookies.
Notes
If you need instruction on how to brown butter, you can view my tutorial here.
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