Banana & Oat Cookies

I woke up this morning and decided it was definitely a day for making cookies. Whilst having my morning cup of tea, I noticed three sad looking, just about to be over ripe bananas, sitting in the bowl. Banana cookies it had to be!

I have actually had this recipe for about twenty five years, and I think it was given to me by a friend. I tweaked it a bit at the time to make them a bit lighter, but they have stayed the same for years. This recipes makes about 30 cookies.

Ingredients:

180g butter, softened
200g packed brown sugar
100g caster sugar
3 bananas, mashed roughly
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
200g plain flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. cornflour
255g oats (I used Quakers)

Method:

Prepare a couple of baking sheets with greaseproof paper and set the oven to 170 C.

In a mixing bowl, incorporate both the sugars into the softened butter. Mix in the egg, vanilla and bananas.

Add the remaining ingredients, ending with the oats and mix well to make a dough.

Spoon a heaped dessert spoon of the dough onto the baking sheet and using the back of the spoon, press down lightly and shape into a thick 'ish circle (they spread a little, but not much). Repeat until mixture used up and pop in the oven for 10-12 minutes until you see the edges are a turning golden. Remove from the oven and leave to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes.

Then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Or eat one hot like I just did, if you really can't wait!

Happy Baking!