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Banana Flip Cookies (Cookie Mix)

"Honorable Mention - Contest Recipe 2007! Who wouldn't love to bite into one of these cakey banana cookies with a fluffy yogurt filling."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.7 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (3)

Prep Time:
1 Hr
Ready In:
1 Hr 40 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 16 sandwich cookies
 

Ingredients

  • Cookies:
  • 1/3 cup mashed ripe banana
  • 1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 2 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 (1 pound 1.5 ounce) pouch Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix
  • 2 tablespoons Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
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  • Filling:
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/3 cup Yoplait® Thick & Creamy banana yogurt
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  • Topping:
  • 1 tablespoon powdered sugar

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. In large bowl, stir banana, 1/3 cup butter, the cream cheese, vanilla and egg until well blended. Add cookie mix and flour; stir until soft dough forms.
  2. With medium cookie scoop or by heaping tablespoonfuls, scoop dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
  3. Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  4. In large bowl, beat filling ingredients with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Beat on high speed about 2 minutes or until light and fluffy.
  5. To make each sandwich cookie, spread about 1 tablespoon filling on bottoms of 16 cookies. Top each with one of the remaining cookies; gently press cookies together.
  6. Sprinkle tops of sandwich cookies with powdered sugar. Store between sheets of waxed paper in tightly covered container in refrigerator.

Footnotes

  • High Altitude (3500-6500 ft):
  • Increase flour to 1/4 cup.
  • This recipe was awarded honorable mention in the 2007 Mix It Up with Betty! Cookie Mix Recipe Contest.
  • 2008 © and ®/TM of General Mills

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 341 | Total Fat: 14.6g | Cholesterol: 43mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 14, 2008 by CookinNurse Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
These are amazing! I love that it uses a cookie mix - so easy. I used a different filling: 1...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 23, 2008 by Let's Eat   view full review
Very good cookies, and simple to make. Filling is a little sweeter than my family likes, but...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 10, 2008 by Michelle O.   view full review
I have had rave reviews about these cookies. They are really moist and you can't really taste...

 

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