Banana Bread Cookies

Fresh from the oven!

An attempt to bake cookies when I didn't have my usual staples around (chocolate chips, oatmeal, brown sugar).  I did, however, have some bananas frozen for occasions just as these.  These cookies are light, fluffy, cake-y and unique.  Could be made even more interesting if you added chocolate chips.

You'll need (for 30 cookies):

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup mashed bananas
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon (extra) cinnamon
• 1/2 - 3/4 cup crushed walnuts

The steps:

• Preheat oven to 350degrees
• Mash bananas and mix with baking soda in a small bowl.  Set aside.
• Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.  Add egg.  
• Add banana mixture
• Add dry ingredients gently, until just combined.
• Fold in walnuts, gently
• Drop by heaping teaspoons onto a well-greased cookie sheet.  They don't spread much, so can be placed pretty close to each other.
• Bake for about 11-12 minutes (until the edges have started to brown, but not the whole cookie)
• Remove promptly from sheet to avoid burnt bottoms

That simple.  Took me about 20 minutes start to finish.  Yum :)

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