Showing posts with label Banana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Banana. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

My sister, Janessa, made these earlier this week and I just had to try them out! They are SO good! Moist, chewy, and delicious (except for a few that got a little too browned-Elizabeth liked those ones though.)
She got the recipe from this site:
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
6 Tablespoons Butter (softened)
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 Large Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 cup Regular Oatmeal (not quick oats)
2 cups Chocolate Chips
2 Bananas, cut into 1/4 to 1/3 inch pieces (or mush them up like I do in ziplock baggies and freeze. Defrost in microwave when you need them)

Instructions:
Mix flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together. Set aside. (I never do this. I just add it in one at a time after the butters and sugars and eggs are mixed-FYI.)
Mix the butter (I bought REAL butter for the first time!) with the sugars until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla until well mixed. Add flour mixture. Add oatmeal, chocolate chips, and bananas. Mix well. I use a KitchenAid, so I added the chocolate chips last. The mixer doesn't like them much, but I do.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10-13 minutes on a GREASED cookie sheet.
The recipe says it makes 60 cookies, but it's more like 36 cookies.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Banana Chocolate Chip Crasin Muffins


Banana (whatever you want to add) Muffins
Ingredients:
3 Mashed Ripe Bananas (I save mine in baggies when they are ready and mash them inside the baggie. Then I freeze them until I have enough. Just write on the outside of the baggie how many are inside, freeze them, microwave them for about a minute and they are ready to go.)
1 cube (1/2 cup)Margarine
1 1/2 cups Sugar (I reduced this from 2 cups, it seemed too greasy that way, but if these don't turn out right for you, you can change it back.)
2 Eggs
½ cup Milk (or Applesauce which I've been using lately)
1 tsp Vanilla
½ tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking Soda
2 ½ cups Flour
1 cup Chocolate Chips/Nuts/Crasins or other dried fruit (optional)

Instructions:
Mix together bananas, margarine, and sugar. Add eggs. Add milk, vanilla, salt, baking soda, and flour. Sometimes I just sprinkle the chocolate chips on top after they are in the muffin tins. Bake at 350 degrees in greased muffin tins 30-40 minutes. Fill pans only ½ full. You could also make bread. Mine never cooks in the middle though. You could even freeze them if you don't eat them all right away.