Banana Spice Cookies

TGirl,RN's Note:

This recipe yields 3 dozen soft, delicious cookies. Prep time includes 1 hour chill time for the dough.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 18 mins
• Prep Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 36

Yield: 3.0 dozen

• ½ cup shortening , such as crisco
• 1 cup brown sugar , packed
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup ripe banana , mashed (3 medium bananas)
• 2 cups flour , all purpose
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup walnuts , chopped
• ½ cup raisins

Directions:

1. In mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar.
2. Add eggs and bananas, mixing well.
3. Combine dry ingredients and add to butter mixture and blend well.
4. Add nuts and raisins, then chill the dough for 1 hour.
5. Dough will be very soft before chilling.
6. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto parchment lined baking sheet.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.

Reviews

[Cookin'withGas]

About the only way I'll eat bananas is in breads or desserts...This recipe from the 1999 Taste of Home cookbook is nice but I must confess I substitute soft butter for the shortening ;-)

[cuisinebymae]

These were OK. They were easy to make. I didn't care for the texture-maybe because of the shortening. The spice combination was nice.