This Avocado White Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe is a great one to try if you want to experiment with baking with avocados.
I know what you are thinking…avocados in a chocolate chip cookies recipe? Really?
I am here to say YES! Putting avocados into baked goods is something you should totally get behind. It may sound strange, but the nutty, creamy flavor fresh California Avocados adds to a cookie or bread (like in this Pistachio Avocado Quick Bread Recipe) is so good.
If you do a search for Avocado Recipes on the web, you’ll discover there aren’t a lot of options for baking with avocados…and I’m here to change that. Seriously, try it once and once you do, you’ll try to figure out how you can add more avocados into your baked goods!
The only thing you may have to get used to when you bake with avocados is the slight green tint of the food. It’s a beautiful green, but people may balk just a bit at the site of a slightly green white chocolate chip cookie! Just convince them to trust you… if you can’t do that you may have to re-asses your friendship. True friends will trust that green cookies are really supposed to be green and you aren’t trying to poison them or something.
If you are ready to start baking with avocados, you can find a lot of information on the California Avocados website to help you. Here’s one quick tip for baking with avocados… an easy way to experiment with adding fresh avocados to your bake goods is to substitute half the butter in a recipe with avocado. So, if your recipe calls for 1/2 cup butter, try using 1/4 cup butter and 1/4 cup fresh, mashed avocado. You may have to add slightly more liquid if you do this, but for the most part your recipe should be good with an even substitution.
So what do you think? Are you ready to give adding California Avocados to your baked goods? I think you should start by giving this Avocado White Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe a try. You’ll be glad you did!
Disclosure: I am honored to be a paid brand ambassador with California Avocados. To discover more recipes using California Avocados, please visit the recipe page of their website.
Avocado White Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Butter softened
- 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 large California Avocado mashed
- 1 small banana mashed
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups White Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Combine butter and brown sugar in large bowl. Beat at medium speed until creamy. Add banana, avocado, egg, lemon zest and vanilla; continue beating until well mixed. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; beat at low speed until well mixed.
- Using a wooden spoon, gently fold in white chocolate chips.
- Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool completely.
Baking with avocados is seriously one of my most favorite things ever! I’ve used it in cookies before, but now I must try yours! Love the those white chocolate chippies! Pinned 🙂
You read my mind!! My cousin lives in California and just overnighted me a bunch of gorgeous CA avocados!!! They won’t last too much longer so I’m planning to do some major baking with them. Love these cookies!
What a great idea. I’ve baked with avocados in breads but never in cookies. Yours look fantastic and I love the very slight greenish tint. I’ll have to give them a try, those white chocolate chips are calling my name!
I’ve always wanted to bake with avocado but never had the balls to do it. Maybe I should start with these cookies.
I love all your avocado recipes, Kristen. You do this ingredient proud!
I love working with avocados and thought about making an avocado cookie before, but I was a little wary. Seeing that it can be done, and come out beautiful and delicious, I am inspired to take that leap.
I need to try these cookies! I have a feeling my kiddos will love them! Pinning!
I adore avocados, and these cookies sound delightful.
Kristen, these look fantastic! We made cookies last night, but not nearly as healthy as these. Abby is going to go crazy over this recipe (she’s an avocado girl!) xoxox
Such a fun recipe!
Avocado Baking Virgin here… probably because I have to hide avocados if I want them to outlast the husband and 2yo (meanwhile, any suggestions for hiding chocolate chips from myself?!). Time to give it a whirl!
I have baked with avocados but I have never made cookies! That is so cool, and with chocolate, double cool!
Wow, so the avocado in these cookies took me by surprise and I had to come check them out. What a fab idea!
What a clever recipe! I love the avocado addition. I have more ripe avocados than I know what to do with right now thanks to Costco, so I’m going to be making these cookies soon!
How interesting. I love the idea of using avocados in sweet baked goods!
These sound so delicious and I’m drooling in envy at your gorgeous avocados! We can’t get anything as good as those here. So intrigued to start baking with them, thanks for the idea!
Avos are always on our counter and I still haven’t baked with them! I’ll have to make this recipe my maiden voyage. Gorgeous!
I don’t think I’ve ever baked with avocados, but it seems like a good idea!
I need to try these. They sound amazing!
How fun are these cookies?! So creative and fun!
I am 1,000% behind avocados in baked goods. They are the butter of the vegetable kingdom!
What a great idea to add avocado to cookies! Definitely need to try out the recipe.. curious to know what they taste like!
Never thought of baking with avocados…Can’t wait to try this! And that Pistacio Quick Bread sounds pretty darn amazing too!
i agree to adding avocados to cooking but…I’ve never tried it yet 🙂 I should start with these cookies!
These look so tasty! I have yet to try baking with avocado!
These look mighty tasty. I can’t wait to try them!
I love the super sweetness of white chocolate chips in cookies — I bet these are amazing with the earthiness of the avocado!