Recipe - Banana Oatmeal Cookies

1 cup Sugar
2/3 cup Butter; or shortening
2 Eggs
Three fourths cup Mashed bananas
One half teaspoon Vanilla
One half teaspoon Lemon juice
1 One half cup Rolled oats; * see note
2 cup Flour
Three fourths teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Salt
One half cup Nuts; ** see note

* Do not use instant oats. ** Use pecans, walnuts, or your choice of nuts,
chopped.

Sift flour, soda, baking powder and salt together. Cream together sugar
and shortening. Beat in well beaten eggs. Stir in the vanilla, lemon juice,
and banana.

Add rolled oats and nuts to flour mixture, alternately with banana
mixture, mixing well after each addition. Stir in nuts.

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheet and bake in preheated
350degree oven 15 to 18 minutes, or until golden.
Makes about 6 dozen cookies.
Recipe By : Jo Anne Merrill

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #248

Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 12:00:36 0400

From: Eileen & Bob Holze beck4@asan.com