The Fooks and the Brown Butter Banana Bread Cookies with Brown Butter Icing

The Fooks (pronounced f-ō-k-s) are seriously some of the best people I know. Jules, Eric, and Claire-Bear are the cutest little family, although they are definitely not little in the height department. I am almost positive that Claire will be taller than me by the time she is two. Anyway, I had the privilege of meeting both Jules and Eric at Geneseo. Jules was one of the girls who I ended up moving in with my sophomore year. I guess that we kind of liked each other because we decided to live together for the next three years. It’s kind of hard to put into words just how amazing she is but I am going to try. Jules has always been my go to girl. I am serious, absolutely any problem I have I know I can turn to her. She’s probably the most logical person in our group but it’s so much more than that, so is sooooooo nurturing, caring, smart, and always always makes me feel better. She puts my mind at ease and helps me to realize that everything will be ok. I honestly don’t know what I’d do without her. To quote one of our favorite songs “… these seven words I swear to you… I will be-e there for you!!!” I know she always will be for me and I hope she knows I will be for her too!!!!!!!! Ok, now as I mentioned before there are three people in this family so I suppose I should mention Eric and Claire too… just kidding of course I would mention them, I love them! Like I said before I also met Eric in college. Through a little luck of internet browsing and science dorkiness, Eric was introduced into our wonderful circle of friends. We liked him so much that we didn’t let him back out. While I can’t always understand when they start talking science, once I bring up the Yankees or some other sports then Eric and I can’t be stopped. There is one other subject that we like to talk about a lot too, Claire. She’s just so darn cute it’s hard not to talk about her. I am sure her parents wouldn’t mind me saying that she is probably the cutest one in the family. Besides being cute she’s such a friendly and smart baby. I’m so excited that I’ll be around to watch as she grows up and turns into a rocket-scientist runway model! Well these are the amazing Fooks, oh and of course Murph the dog too, and I hope they enjoy what I hope are some pretty amazing cookies!!!!


Brown Butter Banana Bread Cookies with Brown Butter Icing

Ingredients (makes 30 cookies)
•1/2 cup butter
•1 cup sugar
•1 egg
•1 cup mashed bananas (about 3 small bananas)
•1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•1 teaspoon baking soda
•2 cups of flour
•pinch of salt
•1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
•1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
•1/2 teaspoon cloves

For the icing:
•1/4 cup butter
•1/2 cup powdered sugar

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. When the butter is completely melted, swirl the skillet until the butter becomes a light caramel brown color, about 3-4 minutes. Immediately remove the skillet from the heat, and pour into a mixing bowl.

2. Add the sugar to the brown butter and mix on low speed to start, then increase the speed and beat for one minute. (Mixture will not be light and fluffy.) Add in egg, and mix. Stir together mashed banana with baking soda and let sit for 2 minutes. Add mashed banana and vanilla to the bowl and mix.

3. In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in three batches, mixing just until combined before adding the next batch.

4. Drop batter onto a parchment paper lined, or non-stick sprayed, baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until cookies are golden brown around the edges. Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then move to a cooling rack to cool completely.

For the icing:

1. Follow the directions for browning the butter in step 1. Whisk in powdered sugar, and drizzle icing over cooled cookies. Store cookies in an airtight container.

***No changes were made during the making of these cookies***