Day 50: Elvis Cookies

Yield: 1-2 dozen
Time (Start to Finish): 1 hour

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
¼ cup oats
½ tsp baking soda
4 Tbsp butter
½ tsp salt
1/8 cup vegetable shortening
¾ cup sugar
1 med banana
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips
1-2 cups peanut butter chips

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F
2. In a mixer, mix the butter, shortening, and sugar until fluffy
3. Add the banana, cut into pieces, and vanilla and mix until smooth
4. Add the dry ingredients (flour, oats, baking soda, salt) and mix until just together.
5. By hand, add the peanut butter chips and the chocolate chips and mix until smooth
6. On a cookie sheet, place rounded spoonfuls of batter about 1-2 inches apart. The cookies will spread a little
7. Bake about 10-12 min or until very light brown. Cool and eat!

Rating: 4.5 strawberries
Notes: Thanks for the idea Lucy!!!!! My dear friend came into work with a batch of pumpkin cookies and told me she had a great banana cookie recipe. I tweaked it obviously, but what a killer idea!!! If any of you know Elvis, you know he liked fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches, so I just knew he would like these cookies, so I named them after him. These are great any time of day…even breakfast! Bananas are good for breaky right?? These can be made vegan too by not using butter but all shortening. Enjoy!!