Good Food...Saturday!

I have a great recipe for you this week. It's for yummy banana Oatmeal cookies. You have to try these. This recipe is originally from Williams-Sonoma but, I made some tiny changes. If your looking for some new and different recipes, it's a good website to browse. Plus, I love looking at all of the cool cooking tools and equipment.

Banana Oatmeal Cookies

1 C. flour (if you use whole wheat, do half)

1/2 C. flaked coconut

1/2 C. rolled oats

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon

3/4 C. raw or turbinado sugar (you can even use 1/2 C. if you want- they'll still be sweet)

6 Tbsp. room temperature butter

1 very ripe banana, mashed

1 egg

1/2 C. chopped dried apricots or raisins or cranberries

1/2 C. chopped walnuts (optional)

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F. lightly grease baking sheets.

In a bowl, stir together flour, coconut, oats, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.

In a large bowl, cream the sugar and butter with a wooden spoon until fluffy.

Add the banana and the egg and beat with a fork until blended.

Stir in the flour mixture, about 1/2 C. at a time, then stir in dried fruit and nuts, if using.

Spoon the dough by heaping Tablespoonfulls onto baking sheets. Keep about 2 inches between each cookie. Bake until golden brown, about 12-15 minutes.

Remove from oven and let cookies cool on the sheet on a wire rack for about 5 minutes. (this is important because the cookies are very soft.) Transfer the cookies to the rack and let cool completely. Store in an airtight container or ziplocs for up to 3 days or freeze some if you'd like.

These make a soft, cookie with a cake-like texture that I'm sure you'll love! We do.

Now I'm hungry, I may make some myself!!

Have a great weekend!!