Banana Oatmeal Cookies
It seems like everytime I buy a bunch of bananas, one or two end up too ripe and get thrown in the freezer. I always try to mash the bananas first, and freeze them in baggies, because there is nothing worse than opening the freezer door and getting bombarded by an avalanche of disgusting black frozen bananas.
So, what do I normally do with all those frozen bananas? Well, of course I make banana muffins or banana muffins or banana bread. Thing is, then I get a glut of banana muffins in my freezer instead. There are just no huge muffin eaters in my family.... there are however, huge cookie eaters. So when I discovered this recipe for Banana Oatmeal Cookies, I new I was on to something BIG.
I made these for the first time on the weekend, and they were a major hit. Moist and chewy and the banana flavour wasn't over-powering. I will be making these again (I have enough bananas in the freezer for about 23 more batches!)
Banana Oatmeal Cookies
3/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup mashed banana (about 2 large)
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 cups quick oats
1 cup chocolate chips
1. Beat shortening, sugar, egg and bananas well.
2. Stir in flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
3. Stir in oats and chocolate chips.
4. Drop by large spoonfuls onto a baking sheet.
5. Bake 10 minutes at 400F. Cool on wire rack. 
14 comments:
This is certainly a tasty way to use up all those "dead" bananas in my freezer. They are like little torpedos hitting me in the head.
I definitely needed another banana recipe. There is only so much banana bread my family can take
I made banana cookies once for all the same reasons - but yours look so much better than mine! I think it's the oatmeal...
That looks like a sneak it to them kinda recipe! And yummy too.
I know I have a few banana's kicking around my freezer too, since we won't eat them once they start with the slightest spots.
These oatmeal cookies look great! I never knew one could use banana in cookies.
wow these look super yummy
xxx
These sound great. No muffin-eaters in your family? Surprising.
I will be trying these. My son does not like banana bread. They look very good.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have a gazillion bananas in my freezer.
Banana and oatmeal sounds like a great combination. The cookies look perfectly golden brown. I will be trying these.
I have a couple of bananas in the freezer and this recipe will be perfect!
These look great. I had no idea that bananas freeze well. I am forever throwing them away when I buy too many. Now I know better! Thanks for the tip.
Hi! these cookies look really good! I just wanted to say that I love reading your blog! =) your kids sound really cute and your recipes are always fun and yummy. and I think you are incredibly humorous, as I think all Canadians are. =) Have a great day Janet!
I recently discovered your blog & tried these wonderful cookies tonight. They were very good, & I'm sure I'll be making them again when I have ripe bananas to use up.
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