Do you prefer patmeal or oatmeal cookies?
THESE! Banana, date & rolled oat cookies (Recipe: Woman’s Weekly “food for fit and healthy kids”) 125g butter, softened 1tsp finely grated lemon rind 1 cup brown sugar 1egg yolk 1/3 cup mashed banana 1 ½ cups plain flour ½ tsp bicarbonate soda 1 cup rolled oats ½ cup finely chopped dried dates ½ cup rolled oats extra 4 dried dates extra (chopped) 1/ Preheat oven to 180 and line 2 trays with baking paper. 2/ Beat butter, sugar, rind and egg yolk in a bowl with an electric mixer until combined. Stir in banana, sifted flour, soda, oats and dates. 3/ Roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls and roll each one into extra oats then place on trays 5cm apart. 4/ Press a piece of coarsely chopped date into the centre of each ball. Bake about 15mins and then leave to cool on trays.
