Saturday, October 22, 2011

Banana Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies and Chocolate Peanut Butter Treats


Banana Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
1 C flour
½ tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. butter, softened
½ C sugar
½ C. brown sugar
1 mashed medium banana
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 ½ C oats
1 C. chocolate chips

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside until needed. In a small bowl combine, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl combine butter and both sugars. Beat in the egg and banana followed by the vanilla. Gradually add in the flour mixture. Stir in the oats and chocolate chips, dough will be very stuff, combine until everything is moistened. Drop dough by the spoonful onto the prepared cookie sheets, bake for 10-15 minutes or until set and slightly browned. Let cookies cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheets and then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.


Chocolate Peanut Butter Treats
1 C. light corn syrup
1 C. sugar
1 C. peanut butter
6 C. crispy rice cereal, like Rice Krispies
2 C. chocolate chips
Nonstick cooking spray

Place corn syrup and sugar into a saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves and the mixture just comes to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in the peanut butter. In a large bowl combine sugar mixture with the cereal. Stir until all the cereal is coated. Turn into a 9 x 13 inch baking dish and press down evenly, set aside. Melt chocolate over low heat stirring constantly. Spread evenly over the cereal mixture. Let stand until firm then cut into bars.

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