Oatmeal Banana Bread Cookies

"If there are two recipes that should be included in any list of home cooking comfort foods it would oatmeal cookies and banana bread. So, why not combine the two? This is also a good way to take those slightly overripe bananas and turn them from trash to treasure."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
11
Yields:
3 dozen
Serves:
36
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Cream the butter and brown sugar until creamed.
  • Add the eggs, vanilla and mashed banana and beat again until well combined.
  • Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a separate bowl.
  • Add flour mixture to the beaten mixture and mix well.
  • Stir in oats and chopped walnuts.
  • Drop by rounded tablespoons onto cookie sheet.
  • Bake for about about ten minutes or until golden brown.
  • Allow to cool for a couple minutes before moving to a wire rack.

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Reviews

  1. Very good! They taste exactly as described. Banana bread shaped like a cookie! I had a completely black banana that needed to be used and I am sure that it improved the banana flavor. I was fighting a time constraint as the cooking deadline was getting too close for comfort, so I only made half of a recipe. Surprise I got 25 nicely domed medium sized cookies when I should have only gotten 18! That certainly never happened to me before. These are simple to make and I will make them again. I noticed that some commented on the softness...well I like crunchy cookies so I left mine out on the cooling rack overnight and they were just the way I liked them. i believe that if the chef changed her ingredient list to reflect using completely dark bananas more people would be happy with the flavor. Also after eating the last one...I decided that the next time I will add about one quarter cup of extra brown sugar since I really like sweet cookies! I still am happy with the recipe however and am delighted to have a good banana cookie recipe to use up all those too brown/black bananas no one ate!
     
  2. I was in awe of the wonderful banana flavor & texture when I first took the cookies out of the oven. It was definitely 5 star. However, the next day that wonderful banana flavor had totally disappeared & the cookies were more cake like in texture. My group never finished eating the batch so they went to waste. I always like to have an idea on spacing dough for baking because I never know how much room to allow. I baked the cookies on parchment paper & found they didn’t spread much at all. Thank you for your contribution to RSC & good luck!
     
  3. Very nice little cookies! They have a light banana flavor. Definately taste best the first day as the texture changes (I stored mine in an airtight cookie container). I used my small cookie scoop and got the same amount of cookies as you have listed. Thank you Chef!
     
  4. 5 stars+++! Easy to make, great instructions and absolutely delicious. My stand mixer was perfect for this - steps 1 to 5 with the whisk attachment and step 6 with the flat beater. I baked these cookies for 14 minutes and that was the perfect amount of time for my oven, resulting in 4 dozen moist cookies. My kids loved these and I will be making them many many times in the future! This recipe is a winner on every level - good luck! :)
     
  5. We really enjoyed these cookies with our morning coffee. I used a banana from the freezer which was very black and got a great banana flavor that lasted until the last cookie was gone. Every morning we were pleasantly surprised that they were still soft unlike some cookies we've tried. They really did remind us of banana bread plus oatmeal cookies. I will make these again and again. Good luck in the contest.
     
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