The Lovell Table

I recently became a bourbon lover- a trip to Louisville, Kentucky will do that to you. I have been enjoying it neat… Who would’ve thunk? Another way I enjoy my bourbon is in baked goods… When it bakes off in the oven you cannot taste it but it does a wonderful job enhancing some of the caramel notes you get from brown sugar. These cookies are delicious! You have to try them!

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup light brown cane sugar
• 1/2 cups coconut sugar
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons bourbon
• 2 mashed bananas
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup dark chocolate morsels

Method

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
2. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt
3. In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment cream butter on low-medium speed
4. Once the butter is lighter in color add in the sugars and mix until completely combined
5. Add in the egg and mix until combined
6. Add the bourbon and mix until combined
7. Add in mashed banana and mix until just combined (there will be chunks)
8. Gradually add in dry ingredients
9. Once fully mixed, fold in the chocolate with a spatula
10. Scoop cookies onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper
11. Bake for 10 minutes and then take out and use the bottom of a cup to flatten the tops of the cookies
12. Bake for 3 more minutes
13. Let cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet and then ten more minutes on a wire cooling rack before eating