Recipe#8002

Title: Banana Spice

From: Irene Wilcox mreeniew@earthlink.net 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.baking 
 Subject: Banana Spice Cookies 
 Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 09:59:36 -0700 
 Message-ID: <3714C977.E4F11873@earthlink.net> 

2 cups all-purpose flour
 1/2 tsp cinnamon
 1/4 tsp ground cloves
 1/4 cup shortening, softened
 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
 2 eggs
 1 cup bananas, mashed
 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
 1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
 2 cups confectioners sugar
 2 tbsp lemon juice
 1/2 tsp lemon rind, grated
 Preheat oven to 375.  Sift together flour, cinnamon and cloves.
 In a large bowl, cream together shortening, 1/4 cup butter and 1/4
 cup brown sugar.  Add eggs and beat until light and fluffy.  Add
 sifted ingredients and banana; mix well.
 Fold in walnuts.  Drop batter by teaspoons onto greased cookie
 sheet.  Bake 10-12 minutes or until well down.  Let cool on wire
 rack.
 Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, cream together remaining butter and
 confectioners sugar.  Add lemon juice and lemon rind, stirring
 until icing is of spreading consistency.  Spread tops of cooled
 cookies with icing.