Recipe#7382

Title: Banana Jumbos

From: Bobbie Best tailgate@earthlink.net 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.baking 
 Subject: Banana Jumbos w/Chocolate Chips 
 Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 21:09:13 -0500 
 Message-ID: <32A23A49.20AB@earthlink.net> 

Yield 40 cookies
 1 Cup Shortening; (part butter or margarine)
 1 Cup Sugar
 2 Eggs
 1 Cup Bananas, ripe; mashed
 1/2 Cup Buttermilk
 1 tsp Vanilla
 3 Cups Flour
 1/2 TBLS Baking Soda
 1/2 tsp Salt
 1 Cup Nuts; chopped 
 Mix shortening, sugar, and eggs thoroughly.  Stir in bananas,
 butter, milk and vanilla.  Measure flour by dipping method, or
 by sifting.  Stir flour, soda and salt together.  Add wet to 
 dry ingredients, stir in *chips.*  Chill one hour.
 Heat oven to 375F.  Drop rounded Tablespoonfuls of dough two
 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet.  Bake about 
 10 minutes or until delicately browned.  If desired frost with
 a thin confectioners sugar icing.
 Thin Icing
 1 Cup Confectioners Sugar
 1 to 2 TBLS Milk, Water or Cream
 1/2 tsp Vanilla
 hugs,
 bobbie