Banana Overload Oatmeal Cookies

Submitted by SinginChef

"I have enough recipes for three lifetimes...and this is just one more I FINALLY tried! I had an overabundance of over-the-hill bananas and used them all in one fell swoop with this recipe! Easy, moist, tastes good! Not too many cookies left after only one day either! Feel free to change the spices to your liking! Sorry...no clue as to the origin of this recipe. Prep time and baking time are guesstimates. I use commercial-sized sheets so it doesn't take me too long!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 48 cookies
• Serves: 48

ingredients

• 1 large egg
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1⁄4 cup oil
• 1 1⁄2 cups bananas, very ripe and mashed
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄2 cups old fashioned oats
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄8 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts, chopped (OR MORE!)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350*F. Spray cookie sheets.
2. Whisk the egg, brown sugar, and oil together. Add mashed bananas and vanilla; mix well.
3. Mix in the oats and allow to set for at least five minutes.
4. Combine flour, soda, and spices; then mix into oat mixture.
5. Stir in nuts.
6. Drop "balls" (rounded T.) about 2" apart. Bake 13-15 minutes. Move cookies to rack to cool.

Reviews

[Muffin Goddess]

I'm sorry, I was really disappointed by these. I was really hoping for something more like regular chewy oatmeal cookies, but these were basically like little mounds of banana bread. I like banana bread, but I'm just not a fan of cakey cookies. I'm sure that anyone who likes cakey cookies and tries these will love them, because they do taste good, but the texture just put me off. I'm not assigning any stars to this because I don't want to make people think this is a bad recipe with a low rating -- it's really not. It's just that it doesn't suit my personal tastes. Sorry again! Thanks for posting! Made for PAC Spring 2014