Banana Spice Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 2 1/4 cup flour (I used 1 cup white flour and 1 1/4 cup wheat)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/8 tsp cloves
• 3 over-ripe bananas, mashed
• 1/2 cup nuts (optional)

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Beat butter or margarine with an electric mixer until soft.
3. Add 1 1/4 cup flour, sugar, egg, baking powder, vanilla, cinnamon, baking soda, and cloves. Beat until thoroughly combined.
4. Add remaining 1 cup flour. Beat in bananas and stir in nuts.
5. Drop by rounded teaspoon onto a greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
6. Bake in a 375 degrees F oven for 8 - 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool cookies on a rack.
7. Frost with a butter frosting if desired.

Lewissan
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June 10, 20130 found this helpful

Yum!

Carolyn C. Cooke
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June 19, 20130 found this helpful

Your recipe lists 2-1/4 cups flour total, yet you mention 2-1/4 cups whole wheat and 1 cup white. Is this right?

Editor's Note: It should be 1 1/4 whole wheat flour and 1 cup white for a total of 2 1/4.