Banana Oatmeal Cookies II Recipe
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Banana Oatmeal Cookies II

By: JEMIMA 
"This recipe is as close as I can get to the delicious cookies my mother use to make when I was a little girl. Spicy oatmeal cookies with banana and walnuts."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.3 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (112)

Prep Time:
10 Min
Cook Time:
15 Min
Ready In:
1 Hr 15 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 3 dozen
 

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup shortening
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup mashed ripe banana
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 3 cups rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
  2. In a large bowl, cream together shortening and brown sugar. Beat in egg and mashed banana, then stir in vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves; stir into the banana mixture. Mix in rolled oats and walnuts. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets. Leave room for spreading.
  3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 116 | Total Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 8mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 14, 2006 by chefsupreme   view full review
This recipe is a great beginning, but a few changes are necessary to make the cookies the type...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 30, 2009 by meatball   view full review
This deserves five stars. (And I'm stingy with giving out five star ratings.) The cookies are...
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on May 7, 2008 by naples34102 Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
This is a good cookie, it's just not a great cookie. Other than using butter rather than...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on May 2, 2008 by FLOPEZ1   view full review
Tired of banana bread, I chose this recipe as a way of using up ripe bananas. I used four...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 10, 2003 by CATJENKINS   view full review
I didn't hae bananas for once, but had some banana cream pudding mix, used that instead. ...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on May 26, 2005 by TXMomof2   view full review
SOOO good, interesting as well. I used butter instead of shortening, nutmeg instead of...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 25, 2006 by Eunice Mah   view full review
They are soft cookies but do not have the texture of cakes (which is good). The rolled oats...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 24, 2005 by SILLYSARAHC123   view full review
These cookies were really yummy, especially after adding raisins and a handful of unsweetened...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 22, 2009 by organic_mommy   view full review
AWESOME! Use these changes for perfect cookies! replace 1cup whole wheat flour for the white,...
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 22, 2008 by sarah   view full review
I was hoping these would be chewy like an oatmeal raisin cookie but they were more like dry...

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