Banana Oatmeal Cookies With Banana Frosting

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 17 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter flavor crisco
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana (2 to 3 medium)
• 1 3/4 cups quick oats (not instant or old fashioned)
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• 2 tablespoons butter flavor crisco
• 1/4 cup mashed banana
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• finely chopped walnuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease baking sheet; set aside.
• 3 cream 3/4 cup crisco and brown sugar in large bowl at medium speed until well blended.
• 4 beat in egg.
• 5 add one cup mashed banana.
• 6 mix until creamy.
• 7 combine oats, flour, salt, cinnamon, baking soda and nutmeg.
• 8 stir into creamed mixture.
• 9 mix in one half cup nuts.
• 10 drop 2 level measuring tablespoonfuls of dough into a mound to form each cookie.
• 11 place 2 inches apart on baking sheet.
• 12 bake for 15-17 minutes.
• 13 cool one minute on baking sheet.
• 14 remove to cooling rack.
• 15 cool completely.
• 16 for frosting: cream 2 tablespoons crisco, 1/4 cup mashed bananas and lemon juice.
• 17 add confectioners sugar.
• 18 beat until smooth.
• 19 frost cooled cookies.
• 20 sprinkle with chopped walnuts if desired.