Banana Oatmeal Cookies

  Bananas, oats, and chocolate - These cookies are scrumdiddlyumptious!  They just might leave you singing "Yes!, We Have No Bananas".

Banana Oatmeal Cookies

1/2 cup butter

1/4 cup shortening

1 cup sugar

1 egg

2 bananas, mashed

1-1/2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

2 cups oats

1 cup chocolate chips

Cream butter, shortening, egg, and bananas together until smooth.  Add flour, soda, salt, and spices.  Stir in oats and chocolate chips. Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

STEP-BY-STEP

 Into your mixer bowl place 1/2 cup butter

 1/4 cup shortening 

 1 cup sugar

 1 egg

 and 2 bananas that you've mashed.

Cream all these together until smooth.

 Now add 1-1/2 cups of flour

 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

 1 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg.  Mix these until just incorporated.

 Stir in 2 cups of oats ( I used regular old-fashioned oats)

 and 1 cup of chocolate chips.

 Drop by rounded tablespoon onto a lightly greased baking sheet.

Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes.