Banana Nut Cookies

Make these banana nut cookies the next time you have some overripe bananas — you can even eat them for breakfast if you want!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 89 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• 0.33333298563957 cup shortening
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2.25 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 cup ground walnuts
• 0.25 teaspoon lemon extract

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets or line with parchment paper.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until lightly colored, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool.

Step 4

Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Beat in eggs, vanilla, and lemon extract, then beat in bananas and walnuts. Gradually mix in dry ingredients. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto the prepared baking sheets.