Oatmeal Banana Cookies

Ingredients:

3 mashed bananas (ripe)
1/3 cup apple sauce
2 cups oats
1/4 cup almond milk
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.
Mix all ingredients together.

Let sit for 15 minutes and then spoon teaspoonfuls onto baking sheet.

Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until browned.

Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
1 cup butter, softened
3 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
3 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Sugar or desert sprinkles

Directions:

In a large bowl, combine sugar, butter, milk, vanilla, and egg; blend well. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Add flour, baking powder and salt; mix well. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour for easier handling.

Heat oven to 400 degrees. On lightly floured surface, roll out 1/3 of the dough to 1/8 inch thick. Keep remaining dough refrigerated. Cut with floured 2 inch cookie cutter. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. If desired, sprinkle with sugar.

Bake at 400 degrees for 5-9 minutes or until edges are lightly golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Decorate if desired.

Makes 6 dozen cookies.

Chewy Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Ingredients:

2 and 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 and 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup (1.5 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
3/4 cup light brown sugar, loosely packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg + 1 egg yolk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips or chocolate chunks

Instructions:

Toss together the flour, baking soda, cornstarch and salt in a large bowl. Set aside.

In a medium size bowl, whisk the melted butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together until no brown sugar lumps remain. Whisk in the egg, then the egg yolk. Finally, whisk in the vanilla. 

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together with a large spoon or rubber spatula. The dough will be very soft. Fold in the chocolate chips. They may not stick to the dough because of the melted butter, but do your best to have them evenly dispersed among the dough. 

Cover the dough and chill for 2 hours, or up to 3 days. Chilling is mandatory.

Take the dough out of the refrigerator and allow to slightly soften at room temperature for 10 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 325F degrees. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside.

Roll the dough into balls, about 3 Tablespoons of dough each. The dough will be crumbly, but the warmth of your hands will allow the balls to stay intact. Roll the cookie dough balls to be taller rather than wide, to ensure the cookies will bake up to be thick. Put 8 balls of dough onto each cookie sheet.

 Press a few more chocolate chips/chunks on top of the dough balls for looks, if desired. Bake the cookies for 11-12 minutes. The cookies will look very soft and underbaked. Do not bake longer than 12 minutes. They will continue to bake on the cookie sheet. Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 10 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.

Double Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 stick unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup peant butter, creamy or chunky
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/3 cup flour
1 3/4 cup peanut butter & milk chocolate chips (I bought the Nestle brand that come pre-mixed in the bag)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Beat the butter and both sugars together.
3. Beat in the peanut butter and egg; scrape sides of bowl and beat in the salt, baking soda and vanilla.
4. When well blended, add flour and stir until it is blended. Stir in the chips and any other add ins you may choose.
5. Shape dough into 1 inch balls and arrange on ungreased/unlined cookie sheets and about 2 1/2 inches apart. Flatted balls with a fork ipped in sugar making criss cross patterns; Bake for 10-12 minutes or until slightly browned around the edges.

(As you can see from the picture I did not press the cookies down with a fork - just depends on what you want to do)