Banana Cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup of sugar
1 egg, room temperature *
1 cup of mashed bananas (about 2 ½ large bananas)
1 teaspoon of baking soda
2 cups of flour
pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of ground mace or nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves
1 cup of pecans (walnuts and chocolate chips are fine alternatives) **

* I didn't let the egg sit until room temperature.

** I definitely used chocolate chips.

Recipe:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the egg and continue to beat until the mixture is light and fluffy.
2. In a bowl, mix the mashed bananas and baking soda. Let sit for 2 minutes. The baking soda will react with the acid in the bananas which in turn will give the cookies their lift and rise.
3. Mix the banana mixture into the butter mixture. Mix together the flour, salt, and spices and sift into the butter and banana mixture and mix until just combined.
4. Fold into the batter the pecans or chocolate chips if using. Drop in dollops onto parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Bake for 11-13 minutes or until nicely golden brown. Let cool on wire racks.

Rating: 3.5 of 5

These cookies are pretty good. I really liked the chocolate chips. One thing I didn't like about this cookie recipe is that the cookies turn out more like muffin texture. They aren't the easiest to get off the cookie sheet and can't be dunked in milk. But, that being said, the spices are great and the banana taste isn't overpowering.

Source: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/banana_cookies/