Banana Spice Cookies

Submitted by Elvishdreamer

"Nice alternative to Banana Bread when you have ripe bananas to use up. My family prefers these to bread - these don't last long in our house"

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 36 cookies

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup shortening
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup banana, mashed ripe (3 med)
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup raisins

directions

1. In a large bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar.
2. Add eggs and bananas; mix up well.
3. In another bowl combine dry ingredients; then add to creamed mixture and mix well.
4. Stir in raisins.
5. Chill (dough will be very soft).
6. Drop by round teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets.
7. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.

Reviews

[Stir crazy]

What a surprise -- the soft, misshapen blob of dough came out of the oven as round, plump cookies. So many extra ingredients can be added or alternated for additional flavor. I cut back a bit on the sugar and next batch I think I'll cut back on the sweetness a little more. I used raisins and craisins (1/2 each) of the recommended amount.

 

[Zaney1]

Nice cookie. I added an extra half cup of flour to stiffen the dough up. It worked great. I added 1/2 cup cinnamon chips instead of the raisins. I also didn't have any cloves so I used some nutmeg. I know the flavor isn't the same but it turned out good.

 

[susan_hacker]

Additional kudos - with organic peanut butter and fresh chopped apples, these cookies made a fantastic power snack before going hiking! Yummy and nutritious. Great fluffy cookie! Close to what my Mom used to make (which I am still trying to get to replicate). I split the dough adding fresh finely chopped apples (2 tbl) to 1/2 and natural crunchy peanut butter (3-4tbl) to other half since I didn't have raisins. Both turned out tasty. Thanks!!

 

[hippeastrum]

Interesting taste and very fluffy cookies! I added 1 tsp vanilla, some cocoa powder and instead of raisins I added crushed pecans. Thanks!

 

[Nikoma]

Promised my bf and his room mate that I'd make them cookies when I got up this morning. So I looked around to see what I had to work with, saw the bananas and found this recipe. PERFECT! Only 5 of these survived to be eaten later, the rest were gone before I finished cleaning up. They were the perfect for breakfast. The boys didn't have cinnamon so I used a mix of cloves, allspice and nutmeg. Used the last handful of golden raisins. Next time I'll try them with some nuts (but they're great as they are) Thanks so much for this recipe! It is a keeper!