Bananaramas
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1/2 cup Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
- OR 1/2 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1 cup mashed bananas
- 3 tbsps. milk
- 1 1/2 tsps. vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp. almond extract
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp. baking soda
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chunks or semi-sweet chocolate chunks
- 1 cup peanuts or coarsely chopped pecans
Directions
- Step 1
HEAT oven to 350ºF.
- Step 2
COMBINE brown sugar, peanut butter, shortening, banana, milk, vanilla and almond extracts in bowl of electric mixer; beat at medium speed until well blended. Add egg; beat just until blended.
- Step 3
COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Add to shortening mixture; beat at low speed just until blended. Stir in chocolate chunks and nuts, if desired. Drop dough by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
- Step 4
BAKE 11 to 13 minutes or until cookies are light brown around edges. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet; transfer to cooling racks to cool completely.
- Step 5
A combination of milk chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate chunks can be used.
Serving size
(1 cookie)
- Calories 100
- Calories from Fat45g
- Total Fat 5g
- Saturated Fat 1g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 5mg
- Sodium 35mg
- Potassium 0mg
- Total Carbohydrates 13g
- Dietary Fiber 1g
- Sugars 8g
- Protein 0g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- Calcium 0%
- Thiamin 0%
- Niacin 0%
- Zinc 0%
- Riboflavin 0%
- Iron 0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet