Angelic banana oatmeal cookies
Angelic banana oatmeal cookies recipe in the cookie category
Recipe ingredients:
- 3/4 cup butter flavored shortening or margarine
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas, 2 to 3 medium
- 1 3/4 cups quick oats
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or raisins
- Frosting, optional:
- 2 tablespoons butter flavored shortening or margarine
- 1/4 cup very ripe mashed banana
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 cups icing sugar
- Finely chopped walnuts
Recipe method:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease baking sheet and set aside.
- Cream 3/4 cup butter flavor shortening and the brown sugar in large bowl using an electric mixer at medium speed until mixture is well blended.
- Beat in the egg.
- Add 1 cup very ripe mashed bananas.
- Mix until creamy.
- Combine the oats, flour, salt, cinnamon, baking soda and nutmeg then stir into creamed mixture.
- Mix in 1/2 cup nuts.
- Drop 2 level measuring tablespoonfuls of dough into a mound to form each cookie.
- Place 2 inches apart on baking sheet.
- Bake in a 350 degrees F oven for 15 to 17 minutes.
- Cool one minute on baking sheet.
- Remove to cooling rack and cool completely.
- For frosting, cream 2 tablespoons butter flavor shortening 1/4 cup very ripe mashed bananas and lemon juice.
- Add icing sugar.
- Beat until smooth.
- Frost cooled cookies.
- Sprinkle with finely chopped nuts, if desired.
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