1 2/3 cup mashed ripe banana - (about 3 large, bananas)
3/4 cup margarine or butter - softened
1/2 cup orange juice
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp grated orange peel
2 cup quaker oats, uncooked - (quick or o, ld-fashioned)
2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt (optional)
1/2 tsp nutmeg
3/4 cup raisins
ORANGE ICING
3/4 cup powdered sugar
5 tsp orange juice
1 tsp grated orange peel
Directions
Heat oven to 350 F. Combine bananas, margarine and orange juice.
Blend in eggs, vanilla and orange peel. Add combined dry ingredients
and raisins; mix well. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased
cookie sheet. Bake 20 to 22 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool
1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack. Drizzle icing over
cooled cookies. Store tightly covered.
ORANGE ICING: Combine 3/4 cup powdered sugar, 4 to 5 teaspoons orange
juice and 1 teaspoon grated orange peel. Mix until smooth.
NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS per serving: * calories 138 * carbohydrates 19 g
* protein 2 g * fat 6 g * calcium 9 mg * sodium 70 mg * cholesterol
20 mg * dietary fiber 1 g
Source: "Hurry, Let's Eat!" Reprinted with permission from The Quaker
Oats Company Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias
Servings: 30 cookies
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Categories: Banana; Fruit
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We hope you enjoy this Banana Orange Softies recipe.
