\"m&m's\"® chocolate banana walnut drops
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | (1 stick) butter |
| ½ | cup | Solid vegetable shortening |
| 1¼ | cup | Firmly packed light brown sugar |
| 1 | large | Egg |
| 1 | medium | Banana; mashed, (about 1/2 cup) |
| 2¼ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| ½ | teaspoon | Ground nutmeg |
| 2 | cups | Quick-cooking oats; uncooked |
| 1 | cup | Coarsely chopped walnuts |
| 1 | pack | (12 oz) \"M&M's\"(r); Chocolate Mini Baking Bits |
Directions
Preheat oven to 350ø F. In large bowl with electric mixer, cream butter vegetable shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and banana; blending well. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; blend into creamed mixture. Blend in oats and nuts. By hand, stir in "M&M's"(r) Chocolate Mini Baking Bits. Drop by tablespoonfuls about 2-inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes just until set. Do not over bake. Cool 1 minute before removing to wire rack; cool completely. Store in tightly covered container.
Notes: A colorful twist to a favorite flavor combination! MAKES ABOUT 3 DOZEN COOKIES. Recipe by 1996 Mars, Incorporated Posted to brand-name-recipes by Barbra<barbra@...> on Feb 03, 1998