25 Days of Party Recipes - Day 8

Banana Spice Cookies - Cookies

1/2 cup margarine or butter
2-1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp ground cloves
3 bananas, mashed (1 cup)
1/2 cup walnuts, optional

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Beat margarine with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add about half the flour, sugar, eggs, baking powder, vanilla, cinnamon, baking soda, and cloves. Beat until thoroughly combined. Beat in remaining flour. Beat in bananas. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet.

Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on rack.

If you want to add nuts, then add chopped nuts after you mix in the bananas.