Recipe#7380

Title: Banana Drop

From: "Johnathan Davis" jdavis@mwr.is 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Banana Drop Cookies 
 Date: 26 Apr 1997 07:19:12 -0600 
 Message-ID: <199704162320.XAA12744@mwr.mwr.is> 

2 cup all purpose flour
 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
 1/4 tsp.baking soda
 1/4 tsp salt
 1/4 tsp ground cloves
 1/2 cup butter or margarine
 1 cup sugar
 1 cup cream
 2 eggs
 1/2 tsp vanilla
 1 cup mashed bananas
 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 
 Stir the dry ingredients together. In mixing bowl beat butter or margarine
 until smooth. Add sugar and cream.  Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.
 Add dry ingredients and bananas.  Stir in walnuts.  Drop onto well greased
 cookie sheet 2 in. apart.  Bake in preheated oven at 375 for 10-12
 minutes.  Remove from cookie sheet immediately, cool on wire rack. Frost
 with Banana Buter frosting if desired. 
 Banana Butter Frosting  
 2 cup sifted powdered sugar
 1/4 cup mashed banana 
 2 Tbsp. softened butter
 1/2 tsp. vanilla
 Stir together powdered sugar, mashed banana, butter, and vanilla. Mix
 well.  If necessary add more powdered sugar to achieve spreading
 consistency.