So as I mentioned yesterday, my friend Laura will be taking over most of the baking duties on this site. Last night, she made a batch of banana cookies. Unfortunately for me (for many reasons) Laura lives in Columbus, so I didn’t even get to try a cookie. But they look damn good!

She wanted to call these “Chunky Monkey Banana Cookies” but as I am worried about trademark lawsuits, we’ll call them….

Crunky Monkey Banana Cookies

Note from Laura, who had a really mean roommate in college: I recommend people don’t make these if they have a neurotic roommate who will put overripe bananas on their pillow (Bitch, I’m still not over it, can you tell?)

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt (I recommend NOT pouring it into a teaspoon over the batter)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/4 stick of butter flavored Crisco (don’t tell my mom, she’d flip out.  But, the shortening makes a moister cookie)
1 egg
3 ripe bananas, mashed
1 3/4 cups uncooked oatmeal 

In a bowl, combine the Crisco, egg and bananas.  Hand mix it, it will be chunky. Don’t use an electric mixer. 
Then combine all the dry ingredients, except the oatmeal.  It’s really important to do the wet ingredients first, then the dry. Once incorporated, add the oatmeal and mix gently. 
Use a scoop to portion out 12 cookies per tray.  They don’t need to be spaced out too far apart, as they don’t spread much when they bake. 

Bake at 350 degrees, It really depends on your oven, so I would recommend starting to bake them at 12 minutes, and see if they are golden brown.  Then check on them every three minutes, they probably wouldn’t bake for more than 20 minutes.  Cool on a rack.  And since they are made with bananas, that means they’re healthy.  So you can eat a bunch.  Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

See? I couldn’t have done that. Plus, Laura looks a lot better with an apron and mixing bowl than I do.

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