Ingredients:
Wet ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks) softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup bananas (about 2 bananas)
2 eggs
Dry ingredients:
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 cups old fashioned oatmeal
Instructions:
-Combine dry ingredients
-Combine the cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, salt, and flour in a large bowl. And set it aside.
-Combine all the wet ingredients
-In a separate bowl, mix the softened butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract using an electric hand mixer.
-Now mash up the bananas using a potato masher or a fork and add it to the butter mixture along with 2 eggs. Beat that on medium speed until well combined.
-Add flour mixture to the cookie dough
-Add in the flour mixture and oatmeal to the butter and mix until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
-Scoop onto a baking sheet and bake in the oven
-Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and scoop out mounds of the banana oatmeal cookie dough using a medium cookie scoop.
-At this point, you can round them balls in your hands or top with chocolate chips (optional). Now bake at 370 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes.