Banana Drop Cookies

(from largomason’s recipe box)

Ingredients

  • Cookies:
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2/3 cup mashed ripe banana
  • Icing:
  • 1 cup Confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Pinch of cinnamon

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and prepare a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

  2. Mix together the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.

  3. Cream the butter and then slowly beat in the sugar. Add eggs one at a time and beat until well mixed. Stir in the vanilla.

  4. Mix together the flour mixture, butter mixture and banana until smooth.

  5. Drop by teaspoon full about 1 1/4 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheet.

  6. Bake 8-10 minutes or until light brown.

  7. Remove from cookie sheet and tranfer to a wire rack to cool.

  8. Drizzle with icing (Directions for icing: Mix all of the ingredients together in a small bowl).

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