Grandma Mary Alice found this gem of a recipe in a Better Homes and Gardens magazine during the 1950's. The blissful bananas combined with nutmeg, cinnamon, and chocolate chips sounded scrumptious. She baked a batch that day and never stopped!
BANANA COOKIES
3 cups of flour
2 cups of sugar
1 and 1/2 cups shortening
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 and 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 eggs
2 and 1/2 cups ripe mashed bananas
3 cups oats
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine flour, sugar, salt, soda, nutmeg and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. Add shortening to the mix and cut it in until it appears coarse, like cornmeal. Add eggs. Add bananas. Mix well. Add oats and mix. Stir in chips and nuts. Let the cookie dough sit for about ten minutes. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for around ten minutes. The edges and tops of the cookies should be golden brown. Let cool on wire racks covered with wax paper. Store in air tight container after cooled.
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