Banana Cookies With Dates And Nuts Recipes

SOFT & FLUFFY BANANA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 °F. Line your cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and baking soda together in a medium bowl, then set aside.
• Cream the butter with the sugars until it is light and fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time, making sure each is incorporated thoroughly
• Stir in the vanilla and the mashed bananas.
• Add the flour mixture to the banana mixture slowly and mix until just combined.
• Stir in the raisins or the chocolate chips.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 12 to 13 minutes. The bottoms brown faster than the tops, so watch the bottoms first!

HEALTHY BANANA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, mash the bananas. Stir in oats, dates, oil, and vanilla. Mix well, and allow to sit for 15 minutes. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly brown.

BANANA NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Makes about 30 cookies.

GRANDMA'S BANANA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Stir mashed banana, sour cream, and vanilla together in another bowl.
• Cream margarine and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Beat in eggs. Mix in banana-sour cream mixture until incorporated. Add dry ingredients until well combined. Stir in nuts.
• Drop small spoonfuls of batter onto the prepared cookie sheet; cookies do not expand much in the oven.
• Bake in the preheated oven, checking occasionally, until bottoms are light golden brown and cookies are set but still a tad soft, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove cookies to a rack to cool.
• While the cookies are cooling, prepare frosting: Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir in brown sugar and reduce heat to low. Stir and bring to a boil. Boil, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Stir in 1/4 cup milk and bring to a boil again. Remove from heat and let cool, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Gradually stir in powdered sugar until frosting is desired consistency. If frosting hardens while working, stir in a little bit of milk.
• Spread frosting on cooled cookies.