Hannah's Cookies

The other day Hannah made some cookies for a function at school. For some reason it’s hard for me to imagine a cookie that Hannah could eat, all the tasty cookies I grew up with had lots of eggs, nuts, or lots of butter. But ever after she made them she couldn’t stop raving about them. All I could say was bring me some. Luckily she was coming to see me the next day, otherwise I don’t think I would have been able to try the originals. But let me tell you, these were good! She had only brought me two of them, but they were good enough to get me hooked.

Of course, she knew I was going to get hooked and had already planned to make some more with me.

The recipe is so easy to make, I think it took us ten minutes to make, about as long as it took us to eat them. In fact after we finished the batter, we started a cribbage game and while waiting for the first batch to cook we ate about half the remaining batter then waiting for the second to cook we ate half of the first batch. It was a little crazy. But after two days of Hannah’s cookies I'm still not sick of them.

So here it is, Hannah’s infamous cookies!

Hannah's Cookies (or Banana Oatmeal Balls)

1 tsp Baking Soda
3 cups Oatmeal
2 cups Flour
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 brown sugar or 1 cup sugar
1 1/2 Banana
1/2 cup margarine (or 1/2 c. applesauce if you want to make them healthier)


Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl mix the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl mix the wet ingredients. Add the dry ingredients slowly to the wet bowl making sure that it is mixed thoroughly.

Make the cookies into small sized balls and place on greased tray. Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown on the top.

Makes about two dozen