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!

Baking Bonanza!

A bunch of aging bananas and a box of strawberries...
(recipes to follow at a later date)

Buttermilk Banana Bundts and banana chocolate chip mini-muffins version 1.0.
I'm not particularly fond of the texture of these muffins, although Ted seemed to like them.



Baked oatmeal with strawberries, anyone?

This one (well, actually the blueberry version) seemed to be quite a hit up on the mountain. I've modified this recipe to be non-dairy recipe. Recipes will be posted later. Ted came to the rescue on this dish as I had half of the ingredients mixed when I realized that I only had half of the oats I needed to finish. Luckily, Ted was willing to stop at Acme and drop off a carton of oats. Reward = Banana Chocolate Chip mini-muffin version 1


I've got a lovely bunch of mini-muffins

Banana chocolate chip mini-muffins version 2.0.
These had more of a muffin texture to them. (or at least more like what I expected)

Only the good die young... or those in a bundt pan

Apparently the bundt pans and I had a little bit of a falling out tonight. Rather, we the bundt pans and the muffins did not have a falling out. Not only would they not fall out, they would not be shaken out. Bundt muffin extraction was not pretty (see above) but they were still some tasty morsels.