Banana Cookies (With Dates and Nuts)

Banana Cookies (With Dates and Nuts)

  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 32 mins
  • Servings: 24

    • About This Recipe

    “Yummy cookies!! Great when you have leftover bananas that are too soft to eat .. they smell heavenly while baking, and keep well in the fridge … I don’t add the nuts, but you can if you like ..”

    Ingredients

  • 1cupmashed ripe banana( chopped)
  • 1/2 cupbutter
  • 1/2 cupsugar
  • 2largeeggs
  • 1teaspoonvanilla
  • 1 1/2 cupsflour
  • 2teaspoonsbaking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoonbaking soda
  • 1/8 teaspooncinnamon
  • 1pinchsalt
  • 1/2 teaspoonnutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoonclove
  • 1 1/2 cupsquick oatmeal
  • 1/2 cupnuts
  • 1cupchopped dates

    • Directions

  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • In a large bowl, combine butter, sugar and eggs.
  • Add bananas and vanilla, mix well.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients, with dates and nuts last.
  • Drop dough onto cookie sheet (sprayed with non-stick spray), and flatten slightly.
  • Bake 12 minutes or until done.

    • Reviews

  • “These cookies turned out to be very dense for me . . . probably because I do not measure as exact as I should.However, they are delicious as is and will freeze well to make breakfast cookies.”

  • “Great recipe – used pecan nuts as they’re great with bananas! Discovered I’d run out of dates so used dried cranberries. Thanks Najwa!Update: this time I used dates and macademia nuts, made 25 & sold all of them in aid of a charity. Brilliant recipe!!”

  • “Excellent cookie. Will definately make again. The banana, oats, dates and nuts make it a really nutritious treat. Used pecans and double the cinnamon. Made 3 dozen smaller cookies. Thanks for sharing.”

  • “Fabulous!! These were exactly what i was looking for. They are tender and the perfect consistency. I used butter flavored crisco and creamed that with the sugar til fluffy before adding the eggs. I also combined all the dry before adding, finally stirring in 1 3/4 cup oatmeal and probably 2/3 cup of chopped pecans and a generous cup of dates. These would be good with a dab of chocolate frosting…although i’ll leave them alone…this time! These will be added to my fav’s list – thanks!”

  • “These were far tastier than I had hoped for!I used two mushed bananas, more like 1 3/4 cup oatmeal, and a little less sugar than called for.They came out fantastic, rather like little bites of banana nut muffins!”

  • “LOVED it.. especially DD and she helped me make it as well! Have made it twice already (forgot to review it the 1st time :oops:). Used brazil nuts for the nuts and followed the recipe as is. I think I got between 20-24 cakes, can’t remember but they were huge (not that I am complaining!). I will be making this more often now since we always have bananas at home. Thank you, Najwa, for sharing this wonderful recipe!”

  • “I had one small, lonely, mushy banana so I cut this in half – except for the spices – which worked fine. I did add roughly chopped almonds for the nuts. Even with the recipe cut in half I got 28 cookies, which were baked in 8 minutes. I used my melonballer to scoop them out. These are really nice; not too decadent but a nice healthy treat. The dates and banana are sweet enough that the sugar could be reduced a little too make them even healthier. I will try these again with less sugar and also a little less butter and more banana, but they are certainly delicious as-is. “

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