Banana Nut Cookies

Banana Nut Cookies can be made in a matter of minutes.  Before you know it…you are enjoying good eats.

I really like cookies….and these cookies are a treat.  You will think you are eating banana nut bread, but just a little bit different. 🙂

I love the banana flavor melding with the walnuts and the nutmeg….really good.

You can make your own cream cheese frosting or buy it in a can…or you can decide to not ice the cookies at all.

Enjoy!

Me 

Banana Nut Cookies

2014-04-07 06:53:47

These are so yummy! You may ice them or not.....but let me tell you, the icing makes the cookie so much better.

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Ingredients

1. 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2. 2 teaspoons baking powder
3. 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
4. 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
5. 1/4 teaspoon salt
6. 1 cup sugar
7. 1/3 cup butter, softened
8. 1/3 cup shortening
9. 1 teaspoon vanilla
10. 2 eggs
11. 2 ripe bananas
12. 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

1. n a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, nutmeg, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, butter, shortening and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.
3. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
4. Beat in the mashed banana followed by the flour mixture.
5. Fold in the walnuts.
6. Scoop by rounded tablespoons onto parchment-lined baking sheets.
7. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes until the tops of the cookies are very lightly browned.
8. After the cookies are cooled, ice with a cream cheese icing (in a can) or make your own If desired, Sprinkle with nutmeg or additional chopped walnuts.

Notes

1. I always have ripe bananas available to me. It is really quite simple. I buy bananas and use what I can use and when the bananas start to turn dark, I pop them in the freezer. You can bag them but I usually just pop them in ...so I have a few onesy, twosy bananas on the door of my freezer at all times.
2. I use them for Smoothies, banana nut breads and this wonderful cookie recipe.
3. For this recipe, (Depending on the size of your bananas), two ripe bananas should yield about ½ cup of mashed banana.

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