Banana Oatmeal Cookies

I don’t know what possessed me to bake this weekend but I suddenly got the itch to have oatmeal cookies. As I was raiding the pantry I realized that I do not have any raisins. I had cranberries but I wasn’t sure if the kids would like how tart they are so as I was about to become all sad panda I thought hey what about banana oatmeal cookies? And so banana oatmeal cookies were born.

Banana Oatmeal Cookies

2013-10-19 22:50:55

Yields 3

Light & fluffy oatmeal cookies

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Ingredients

1. 2 ripe bananas smashed
2. 1/4 tsp nutmeg
3. 1 tsp cinnamon
4. 1 tsp baking soda
5. 1 tsp vanilla
6. 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
7. 3 cups old fashioned oats
8. 1/2 cup butter
9. 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
10. 1/2 cup sugar
11. 2 eggs

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. In a large mixing bowl mix together the butter, sugar and brown sugar until creamy
3. Add in the eggs and vanilla and mix until combined
4. In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg
5. Mix dry ingredients into the wet ingredient bowl and mix until smooth
6. Add in half of the oats and the mashed bananas and mix well, then add in the remaining oats
7. Put rounded teaspoon sized cookies onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for approximately 8-10 minutes.

By Shana Dieli

Shanamama http://www.shanamama.com/wp/

Some how I managed to have three dozen cookies last a week in a house with five people. How I did this I am still not sure but go me!

If you were to feel so inclined as to add a dollop of cream cheese frosting on top of these cookies it will taste ahhhhh-mazing. I only had about a tablespoon worth of frosting left from my last baking expirement which was probably a good thing so I didn’t shovel these cookies into my mouth, but I did have nutella which I may have dropped a teensy bit on top of one of these morsels. Oh.my.yum!