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Banana Spice Cookies

SUBMITTED BY: Peggy Burdick

"Peggy Burdick shares her recipe for Banana Spice Cookies. Reports this Burlington, Michigan cook, 'My grandkids love these tasty soft cookies.'"
PREP TIME  15 Min
COOK TIME  10 Min
READY IN  25 Min
SERVINGS & SCALING
Original recipe yield: 18 servings
    
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INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1/2 cup raisins

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a mixing bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar. Add eggs and bananas; mix well. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in nuts and raisins. Chill (dough will be very soft).
  2. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
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REVIEWS

The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 28, 2008 by Lisa
I had some overripened bananas and wanted to use them. I normally would make bread or muffins, but I decided to make something different. Basically they taste like bread or a muffin in a cookie like form. They were good and tasty (I always use half whole wheat flour), but I guess I am not a huge fan of the cakelike cookie. I may as well have made the muffins because I prefer that over these cookies. It's no reflection on the recipe at all. It's just my preference. they almost reminded me of muffin tops. So if you like a cakelike texture and bananas, you will love this recipe. I just don't consider these your typical cookie, which I prefer more.

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Reviewed on Aug. 12, 2007 by Jenny
Exactly what I was hoping for. I didn't do the icing, because I made these cookies for my little boy. He loved them, and so did I. They were very moist and tasty!

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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on May 8, 2007 by annanthony
These cookies were good, but I modified them a little: I used butter instead of shortening and 1 cup of whole wheat flour and 1 1/2 cups of white flour (a little extra so they wouldn't spread too much), and I added 1 tsp of vanilla and almost 1 1/2 cups of rolled oats. I was generous with bananas, cloves, and cinnamon. I was pleased with the results! Thanks for the recipe.

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