I was thinking of making banana bread with some old bananas of mine one day, but decided that cookies would be a much better way of distributing them out to friends! If you don't have all the spices on hand, just cinnamon will do... I just love adding all the other spices to give a chai spice flavor to my oatmeal cookies. I didn't have chocolate chips, so I melted a dark chocolate bar and drizzled it on top. Adding walnuts or pecans would also be a great combo!
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon cardamom
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
pinch ground clove
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups oats
1/2 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2-3 mashed bananas
Approx 1/4 cup chocolate chips or chocolate bar, melted
Mix first 9 ingredients together in separate bowl. Cream together butter and sugar. Add egg, vanilla and bananas. Cream together. Add Dry ingredients and mix until well blended. Spoon approx 1 large spoon-full of dough onto un-greased cookie sheet. Bake for approx 12-14 minutes, or until slightly brown.
While cookies are in the oven, melt chocolate pieces in microwave (30-45seconds, or until melted). With a spoon, drizzle chocolate over cooled cookies and let harden.
Makes about 2 dozen.
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