If you follow me on Snapchat, you’d see that on Sunday I had quite the baking bug.
I had a whole bunch of ripe bananas so I spent my entire afternoon baking up a storm! I made Avalanche Bars (which don’t require bananas but sounded delish haha), banana frosted cookies, and blender banana muffins (which I loved!).
My aunt Kristy always brings these cookies to family parties and I’ve been in love with them ever since I was a little girl. I’ve been making them quite a bit lately so when Will asked me to bake them because he was craving them I knew they were quite the big deal. He never craves desserts!
I’ve been having to refer to Kristy’s e-mail of the recipe when I bake them so I thought I might as well post it here for reference for me… and for you!
Here it is–
1 cup shortening (butter flavor)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 large ripe bananas mashed
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Mix all ingredients together. Chill for 1 hour.
Drop spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet.
Bake 8-10 minutes at 350,
Frosting
3 1/2 cups powered sugar
1/2 stick softened butter
3 teaspoons milk (I use evaporated milk)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon vanilla
Enjoy!
They’re delicious.
-liv
