>From the Simply Recipes website...
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Banana Cookies
Banana Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
* 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, room temperature
* 1 cup of sugar
* 1 egg, room temperature
* 1 cup of mashed bananas (about 2 ½ large bananas)
* 1 teaspoon of baking soda
* 2 cups of flour
* pinch of salt
* 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoon of ground mace or nutmeg
* 1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves
* 1 cup of pecans (walnuts and chocolate chips are fine alternatives)
Method
1 Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cream the butter and sugar together until light
and fluffy. Add the egg and continue to beat until the mixture is light and
fluffy.
2 In a bowl, mix the mashed bananas and baking soda. Let sit for 2 minutes. The
baking soda will react with the acid in the bananas which in turn will give the
cookies their lift and rise.
3 Mix the banana mixture into the butter mixture. Mix together the flour, salt,
and spices and sift into the butter and banana mixture and mix until just
combined.
4 Fold into the batter the pecans or chocolate chips if using. Drop in dollops
onto parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Bake for 11-13 minutes or until nicely
golden brown. Let cool on wire racks.
Makes about 30 cookies.
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~~~***Rhonda G in Missouri***~~~
