(please excuse my fuzzy hair- it was rainy here today. lol)
Hey at least I can cook. No one said you have to be a chef & a baker right? lol
:)
****Ok- so I guess even when I mess up a recipe you all want to know what I made huh? lol
Here is the recipe- from Cooking Light Magazine
Banana-Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yield: 2 dozen (serving size: 1 cookie)
Ingredients
1/2 cup mashed ripe banana (about 1 medium)
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
5.6 ounces all-purpose flour (about 1 1/4 cups)
2 cups old-fashioned oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Cooking spray
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Add egg; beat well.
3. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, oats, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk. Add flour mixture to banana mixture in bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips.
4. Drop batter by heaping tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 18 minutes or until golden. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove cookies from pans; cool completely on wire racks.
Nutritional Information
Calories:
115
Fat:
3.6g (sat 2g,mono 1.1g,poly 0.3g)
Protein:
2g
Carbohydrate:
19.1g
Fiber:
1.2g
Cholesterol:
14mg
Iron:
0.9mg
Sodium:
121mg
Calcium:
10mg
Everyone loves a Chick with balls!
ReplyDeleteI hate baking! It's too much science for me. If you skip an ingredient with cooking, it's not the end of world and most of the time the dish turns out fine. With baking, if the stars don't align then cookies turn out like balls. :P
ReplyDeleteUmm, is that chocolate in them there balls? If it has chocolate in it, I don't care what shape its in. Cookie balls are gooood.
ReplyDeleteHave you cut the fat in them, or are you using egg beaters? These could be reasons for the puffing.
ReplyDeleteFitcetera is too funny. I too have never been one for baking which is a good thing seeing how I have a sweet tooth.
ReplyDeleteReading the comments here is just as much fun as reading your posts. Luv that.
what kind of cookies
ReplyDeleteI think it's because there is so much flour with the banana and not enough butter to make them go flat.
ReplyDeleteIf you wanted, you could always use your fork to criss-cross think of peanut butter cookies....It might help tame those balls of yours ;)
They look good to me!
ReplyDeleteyou are the cutest thing ever! That's all!
ReplyDeleteAw, honey! You poor thing! They look great, even if they are rounded! I wonder if you could substitute half or all of the sugar with Stevia and half of the flour with wheat...
ReplyDeleteMust have been a cooking day! lol!
I revamped a deviled egg potato salad recipe pretty successfully! Not my recipe, I usually just buy it at the grocery store.
Have a great evening!!
I'm with Danica, treat em like peanutbutter cookies, squish those suckers down with a fork prior to baking!
ReplyDeleteEither way, they look yummy, and I love the photo of you pouting. ~lol~
usually if they don't flatten out it's because the batter is too thick. They look yum though.
ReplyDeleteyour cookies look yummy, love bananas! so what do you do in the pool, swim laps, pool exercises? hugs
ReplyDeleteI am thinking it's the baking soda...it causes them to rise. could be the flour. I would cut the baking soda to 1/2 teaspoon and maybe up the bananas.
ReplyDeletegood luck.
They look good though.
They look awesome :) And i wish i could have your curly hair!
ReplyDeleteI covet your hair.
ReplyDeletetruly.
That's why I hardly ever bake - well, that and because I am diabetic, so what's the point!
ReplyDeleteHope you have a great weekend!
They look amazing! I find that low fat/ww cookies always puff up bc there is less oil/butter...i like the balls hehe
ReplyDeletewhat is it with you and balls?? i bet even as balls they taste yummy. Just roll them in balls and squish them next time xxx
ReplyDeleteThose sound yummy. I think most people either have chef qualities or baker qualities. My husbands the chef type...I'm the baker. I'm too impatient to be a chef :)
ReplyDeleteThose cookies look absolutely amazing!!!
ReplyDeletexo
The recipe needs baking powder (maybe a tsp) for the cookies to be fluffier. Also, when baked goods have fat they spread out more, so when you have a low-fat recipe like this there's less spread and expansion.
ReplyDeletethose sound like some great cookies!! flat or balls its all good!
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