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Happy Banana Cookies
What you need:
2 very ripe mashed bananas
1/2 cup molasses or cane syrup
2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups oat flakes
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ginger
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/4 chopped walnuts or almonds(optional)
What you do:
Mix together and drop by spoonfuls onto baking sheet. Bake at 350F for 12-15 min. I made the recipe yesterday and it made about 2 dozen reasonably sized cookies.
They can get stale fast, so best to keep them in the freezer.
Preparation Time:
1/2 hour
Cooking Time:
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SO HOW'D IT GO?
I followed the amounts given in this recipe exactly, but because I wanted to make "Happy PEANUT BUTTER Banana Cookies", I replaced the 1/2 cup of molasses with chocolate peanut butter (from Peanut Butter and Co.), the 1/4 cup of nuts with chocolate chips, and the spices with cocoa powder. The result was two dozen incredibly moist cookies. Yum!
I made a half-recipe of these cookies on Saturday morning. I never halve baking recipes, because my husband always gobbles everything up, but I've not baked with molasses before so I was a bit tentative.
And I'm pleased I was. I actually think the taste is growing on me now, but I handed out a few of these to a few different people, with the disclaimer: this is not a sweet cookie, yet the bitter taste was still a sticking point.
I don't know, I'm not writing them off, but they're sure not for everyone!
Suitable for human consumption.
(I cooked them for 9 minutes)
these are yummy. i added raisins and used pecans for the nuts. great flavor and texture and not too sweet. :D