What to do with more bananas...

Make cookies of course...

I just wasn't feeling banana bread. But the 6 dark bananas on the counter were begging to be used. So, I made two batches of oatmeal cookies. These cookies are great for several reasons: 1 - there is no egg in the batter, so you can feel free to eat the dough (although you need to let it sit for a while so that the oats have a chance to absorb some moisture), 2 - they don't have any added sugar... just the sugar in the bananas! 3 - they smell awesome while they're baking!!

We couldn't reach a consensus on what version to make so I made both the chocolate chip and the peanut butter versions. They turned out to be very moist cakey-cookies... mmmmmm.

Chocolate Chip Banana Cookies

3 bananas
2 cups oats
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup oil (I used 1/3 cup applesauce instead of the oil)

chocolate chips (I used about 3/4 cup)

Banana Peanut Butter Cookies

3 bananas
2 cups oats
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup peanut butter

Mix ingredients; form into cookies. These cookies will not flatten or spread when baking so you need to make them "cookie shaped" when you put them on the pan. I made dough balls and then flattened them between my palms to make cookie patties.
Bake at 375 for 20 minutes.

Fully cool on a cooling rack before storing as the cookies are very moist.

Conclusion - my sister can leave bananas to spoil on my counter any time!

Good Grief, Charlie Brown!

So it's not that I haven't been up to anything in the kitchen, it just seems that time has escaped me as far as blog postings go! I have a bunch of recipes to post and I even remembered to take pictures of some of the baked goods... the dinners often get gobbled before the pictures happen.

I expanded the icecream cone cupcake line-up to include rocky road and mint chocolate chip... mmmm, mmmm, tasty!
Channeling my inner west philly black self, I made some fried chicken and waffles.
I made a baby shower cake that looks like a ducky (the baby is now several months old and cute as a button!).
I made a batch of apple dumplings.
I made the baked oatmeal featured in this post again with cherries... I still need to post that recipe.
My sis got a batch of mini candy-corn cuppycakes delivered to her office for her birthday... thanks to some delivery help from C.C.
I made thumbprint cookies, snickerdoodles, hot chocolate cookies, macaroons, and merengue kisses.
I made kahlua mudslide cupcakes with Bailey's cream cheese frosting.
I got a new apron, a cupcake stand, and a decorating pen which I am very excited to use.
I made tiramisu cupcakes that had a lady finger cake base... from scratch!

As you can see, I have some catching up to do around here!

Perhaps I'll get some of these posts up soon... stay tuned!