I had multiple over-ripe bananas so I said to myself “self, what can I do with all these bananas? I’m in the mood for cookies….so maybe I should make banana oatmeal cookies.” I looked online for a recipe and I couldn’t find one I was happy with so I had to tweak a recipe that was closest to what I was looking for. The results were fantastic! DH and I adore these cookies and now have a permanent place in my recipe book for sure!
Banana Oatmeal Cookies makes about 3 dozen
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks)
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3 over-ripe bananas, mashed
- 2 cups rolled oats (not the instant kind)
Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth then beat in egg, vanilla and mashed bananas. In separate bowl mix flour, baking soda, cloves and cinnamon. Add this to creamed mixture in batches and mix thoroughly. Stir in oats.
Drop dough by rounded spoonfuls onto cookie sheets. You don’t need to grease sheets because these cookies have enough butter in them. Bake for about 12 minutes in preheated oven and cool on wire racks.
Self, when are you going to buy some bananas to get overripe so you can make this recipe?
That’s a good question to ask yourself!
I tried your recipe. The cookies were a hit