Peanut Butter and Banana Cookies

A good recipe, great for lunch boxes or after school with milk. I've made it using chunky or smooth and even low fat peanut butter and the cookies are always good.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Yields: 40-45 cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 cup  mashed ripe banana (one small banana)
• 1⁄3 cup  firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1⁄4 cup peanut butter
• 1  large egg
• 1  teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Grease cookie sheets.
3. Combine flour and baking soda in a small bowl.
4. In a medium mixing bowl, beat together banana, brown sugar, butter, and peanut butter until light and fluffy, using a mixer on medium speed.
5. Beat in egg and vanilla.
6. Gradually beat in flour mixture until a dough forms.
7. Shape dough into one inch balls and place them two inches apart on cookie sheets.
8. Using the tines of a fork dipped in flour, press a criss-cross pattern onto each cookie.
9. Bake cookies until edges are set, about 10 minutes.
10. Place cookie sheets on wire racks and cool for about 5 minutes.
11. Then take cookies off the sheets and cool them completely on the wire racks.