I was hoping these would be chewy like an oatmeal raisin cookie but they were more like dry little muffin tops. Tasted ok, but I was expecting them to be more like cookies. Make sure you press these down with a fork before baking because they do not spread AT ALL and will be raw in the middle.

This is a good cookie, it's just not a great cookie. Other than using butter rather than shortening I followed the recipe as written. This is not short on flavor, as the oatmeal, banana and nutty flavors are all prominent. It has a rustic, whole grain texture, not cakey at all, just that of a chewy oatmeal cookie. There is nothing wrong with the recipe, but it will never make a chocolate chip cookie move over.

Tired of banana bread, I chose this recipe as a way of using up ripe bananas. I used four bananas (not one), margarine instead of shortening, extra cinnamon, no cloves and some chocolate chips but otherwise kept the quantities of the ingredients unchanged. The result was a very moist and tasty cake-like cookie, which was particularly good fresh from the oven. I was surprised at how many cookies it made. I shall make these again when I have bought too many bananas!

These taste great, but they are very cake-like in texture and don't have the chewiness of a cookie.

good cookies, I used butter instead of shortening, will add more cinnamon next time too! very yummy!

As I have to watch my diet closely, this recipe needed some changes for me. I used organic applesauce in place of shortening. Per one of the reviews I omitted the clove, added 1/4 cup organic oatmeal and used 1/2 cup organic AP flour and 1/2 cup organic whole wheat (in place of the 1 cup flour), 1 teaspoon baking soda. The cooking time was 15 minutes (Its Houston, sea-level, humidity, etc). The cookies came out great. Thank you for the recipe.

3.10.08 Good banana flavor. Slight nut taste. Can't really taste the cinnamon. Good texture, even after being out of the oven for a few hours.

When you take these out of the oven the are very soft, let them cool they will firm up. If you dont like cloves just omit. I like them but my family prefers them with out it. Very good.

The cookies turned out really tasty and all of my friends raved about them when I brought them straight out of the oven to happy hour. It was a great way to use up my overripe bananas. I did make some of the slight changes suggested by one reviewer; 2 tspn of cinnamon instead of the ground cloves, 2 ripe bananas instead of 1/2 cup (1 banana) and I also sprinkled the tops of each cookie with sugar to sweeten them slightly. Turned out great!

A good cookie. I used 1 cup of butter instead of shortening. The recipe states to use 1/2 cup (1 banana), and that is a perfect amount to use.

Super Tasty! I did make a few changes: subed oat flour, did not add cloves, used only 1/2cup butter and 1cup flaxmeal, only 3/4 cup sugar, I used 4 super ripe bananas and added 1 cup white chocolate chips. They were baked last night as I was getting the kids ready for bed. They were all gone this morning! I have already bought more bananas today to make these again for xmas gifts. Mine did not spread at all, possbily due to my changes. Next time I think I will use only 1/2 cup sugar since the bananas are sweet alone and the chips add a lot of flavor too.

Delicious, I use 1 cup of bananas instead of 1/2 cup.

I doubled the recipe and used 1 cup of butter, 5 bananas (about 2 cups mashed). I used 2 1/4 cups of white whole wheat flour. I used about 2 cups chocolate chips instead of walnuts. Awesome!

Very good! Used a couple bananas that were about to be thrown out

Yes, a bit cakey, but who cares! These were awesome! I just realized that I actually added a whole cup of bananas... Shortening weirds me out, so I used butter instead. I also put a cup of chocolate chips instead of the walnuts. I am mailing them, so I'm a little worried about how they'll hold up... fingers crossed!

I doubled the recipe and used 3 bananas and margarine instead of crisco. I also added coconut and chocolate chips. I don't always measure but I would say maybe 1 cup of coconuts and 2/3 of a bag of chocolate chips. They came out super moist. My office is raving about them today and they are super moist. Definately going to be a new favorite.