Breathing Space

BANANA OATMEAL COOKIES

Oatmeal cookies with a banana twist

Banana ripening: 2 weeks
Hands-on time: 30 minutes
Time to table: 1 hour
Makes about 30 cookies, easily doubled

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 very very ripe banana
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flour, fluffed to aerate before measuring
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon table salt
• 1-1/2 cups oatmeal (old-fashioned or quick, not instant)
• 1 cup coconut, preferably unsweetened

Preheat oven to 350F.

Melt butter in a small dish in microwave, 10 seconds at a time. Transfer to mixing bowl. With an electric mixer, thoroughly mix in sugars, banana, egg and vanilla.

Scoop the flour, baking power, baking soda and salt onto the butter mixture without mixing in. With a fork, lightly combine the dry ingredients on top, still without mixing in. Now use the mixer to combine the flour mixture and the butter mixture. Stir in oatmeal and coconut.

Drop dough by tablespoons onto a baking sheet lined with parchment. Bake for 11 – 14 minutes until set and golden. Cool 5 minutes before removing from tray but do remove or will stick.

NUTRITION ESTIMATE Per Cookie: 98 Cal; 3g Tot Fat; 2g Sat Fat; 16g Carb; 1g Fiber; 58mg Sodium; 11mg Cholesterol; Weight Watchers 1 point

Posted on July 30th, 2008 by breathingspace
Filed under: Ramblings