Banana Everything Cookies

 This is a recipe that I have modified from New York Times Cooking.

Cookie calories depends on the batch yield. Total Calories: 2196 without real sugar.

 Ingredients:

nonstick cooking oil spray

1 very ripe medium banana

⅓ cup Canola Oil

2/3 Alternative Baking Sugar (or Sugar)

1 tsp vanilla extract

¾ cup plus 2 TB all-purpose flour, or as needed

½ tsp baking soda

¼ tsp salt

¼  tsp cinnamon

2 cups old fashioned oatmeal

½ C chopped walnuts

½ C chocolate chips (or less)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use Silpat liners or spray two baking pans with oil. 

Using one large bowl, mash banana well. Add oil, sugar & vanilla, and mix with a strong fork. Add flour, baking soda, salt & cinnamon, and mix until just moistened.

Add oatmeal, walnuts and chocolate chips. Using your hands or a sturdy spoon, mix well until oats are well moistened. (If dough is very slippery, add one or two extra TB flour.)

Using clean, wet hands, re-wetting as needed, roll dough into balls slightly smaller than a golf ball, about 1 ⅓” in diameter. Flatten slightly (important) & place 2” apart on a baking sheet.

Bake until lightly browned, 10-12 minnutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool, then transfer to a rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

11-01-2022 batch was 36 cookies, 61 calories each.