Tonight I am having serious, no-nonsense cookie cravings. I don't have the ingredients to make a regular batch of cookies, and even if I did, regular cookies are a lot of work at 10 PM, and have lots of sugar I don't need or want.
So I sat on the couch and pouted. And complained. And chatted with a friend and complained to her. Then sat on the couch and pouted some more. And finally pacing the kitchen, I came across my new favorite ingredient: bananas.
Now last week when I was having an ice cream craving, I put 2 frozen bananas in one of the smoothie cups that came with my awesome blender, added some vanilla, a handful of chocolate chips and a bit of water, and came up with a pretty terrific milk shake. Lucky for me I pretty much always have bananas in the freezer, because I can never eat them fast enough before they get so over ripe I can't eat them.
But I wasn't sure if bananas would help me tonight. I know I've seen several blogs, articles, recipes, somethings, that use bananas and oatmeal to make cookies, but could it really work?!
A quick Google search and I found multiple pages that all had the same basic recipe: 2 medium bananas, a cup of uncooked oatmeal (most said quick oats, I never have quick oats, only old fashioned), and a bunch of chocolate chips. Mash it all together, drop onto cookie sheet, and cook for 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
OMG it's good. I was afraid it wouldn't work. But it did, and I am happy!!
I'll have to post pictures on the next batch, because this was an emergency cookie situation. And therefore an emergency cookie blog post to make record of my success! Yay!
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