Saturday, February 20, 2010

Day 51: Banana-Berry Oatmeal Cookies

Day 51.

These are the cookies that I "invented" this week. I took a couple of different recipe and mashed them together and tweaked some other bits, then Ta-Da!

Here's what you'll need for these.
Photobucket
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 cup shortening
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup mashed bananas (about 2 bananas)
1 3/4 cup quick cooking oats
1/2 cup blueberries

Preheat oven to 400*

Photobucket
Combine the flour, baking soda and cinnamon.

Photobucket
Add the shortening and both sugars to a mixing bowl.

Photobucket
Cream together.

Photobucket
Add the egg to the mixing bowl,

Photobucket
along with the bananas and oatmeal.

Photobucket
Mix well.

Photobucket
Add the blueberries

Photobucket
and fold in gently.

Photobucket
Use a cookie scoop to portion out dough.

Photobucket
Bake for about 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

We all really enjoyed these cookies. They stayed super soft, even after they were stored overnight. MMmmm!

No comments: