Simply Recipes’ Banana Cookies

May’s Project Food Blog Cook-Off kicks off with Banana Cookies from Simply Recipes, one of my all time favorite food blogs. Let the festivities commence!

We buy a bunch of bananas every week, and inevitably, it seems a couple from the bunch get too ripe for eating. We are green, green banana fans, after all. The minute they turn yellow, we consider them with disdain. And spots of brown? Forget it. The bananas will sit there untouched until I break down and bake something. But what can you make with overripe bananas? Bread, of course. Muffins. I’ve experimented with cakes, too. But my repertoire stops there. Which is why I immediately printed off this recipe when it showed up on Elise’s blog in March. The recipe is courtesy of guest blogger Garrett McCord, who runs the Vanilla Garlic food blog. Originally, it came from his grandmother. Thank you to both of them.

The texture of these cookies is amazing. They are light, fluffy, airy. I didn’t expect them to be this way, as the batter is sticky as hell. But they have lift, by golly! And McCord has a special trick for this… I love the flavor of the cloves, too. It gives the cookies a nice spice, without being overwhelming.

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