Banana Oatmeal Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

3/4 cup salted butter, softened 

1 cup brown sugar, packed

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup mashed bananas

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp ground cloves

2 tsp cornstarch

3 cups old fashioned oats

DIRECTIONS:

1. Mix together butter, brown sugar, sugar, egg, vanilla extract and mashed bananas until well combined.

2. Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, cloves and cornstarch and mix until combined.

3. Stir in oats.

4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

5. Spoon tablespoons of dough onto a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. Flatten dough a little bit, into thick discs. They will spread a little when baked.

6. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges just start to golden.

7. Remove from oven and cool on cookie sheet for 3-4 minutes, then move to cooling rack to finish cooling.

Since bananas are inexpensive and plentiful here in Belize, I'm always on the lookout for good recipes using bananas.  I added an extra 1/2 quick oats with the old fashioned oats.    I got the recipe from lifeloveandsugar.com found here.