Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies

from Six Sisters' Stuff

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour (or gluten free flour)

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened (or 3/4 c coconut oil)

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

1 egg

1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup mashed ripe banana (about 1 large)

1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats

2 cups chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 

Whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda in a small bowl and set aside.  

Place butter and sugars into a mixing bowl and beat on medium speed until pale and fluffy. Reduce speed to low. Add egg and vanilla and mix until combined. Mix in banana. Add flour and mix until just combined.  Stir in oats and chocolate chips. 

Using a 1 1/2-inch ice cream scoop or cookie scoop, drop dough onto baking sheets spacing about 2 inches apart. Bake cookies until golden brown and just set, about 10-13 minutes. Remove cookie sheet from oven. Leave cookies on cookie sheet for 5 minutes then transfer them to a cooling rack. 

You might want to double this recipe. The cookies will be gone before they cool! 

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